Sponsor a Child

With Compassion International

Change Lives

Bear Creek has partnered with Compassion International for the past nine years. Compassion is a holistic sponsorship program that meets the educational, physical, and spiritual needs of children from when they enroll in the program until they are adults. Compassion partners with the local churches to run programs that teach the children Biblical truth while also providing nutritional food and health care services. In addition to child sponsorship, we have done fundraising efforts for clean water initiatives and COVID-19 relief.

These kids are available to sponsor through Bear Creek Christian Church Compassion Sunday event!

Contact Bridget Bordelon [email protected] or 507-358-0035 to sponsor one of the ones below by May 8.

Our family began to sponsor Victoria from Guatemala about 5 or 6 years ago. We chose her because of her age, having a birthday close to our son, Sam. Both of them are 12. Compassion has done a wonderful job of sending us letters from Victoria with updates on her life. We have grown to love her and her family.

The Feirer family

We began sponsoring Polok, from Bangladesh, in May of 2014. We chose Polok because his birthday is close to Eva's (they both turn 14 this year), he had been waiting for a sponsor, and children in Bangladesh are at high risk for a variety of reasons. It's been a pleasure to learn more about his life, family, school, country, and culture - and we do our best to share our lives with him. We also try to send updated photos of ourselves once or twice a year and enjoy receiving a new picture of him.

The Campbells

I currently sponsor four different kids, two boys, and two girls. Now that I'm a parent, I love opening the letters with Ender and reading them with him. I have the kids' pictures up in Ender's room with a basic world map. It reminds me to model praying for them when we say our night-time prayers.

The Bordelons

We’ve sponsored Daniella from Ghana for 10 years. It’s been fun to watch her grow through pictures and learn about her family and life. The biggest reward is seeing her and her family grow because Daniella is being helped by Compassion and also knowing that during this pandemic they have the resources they need to help get through it. As an added bonus, we have been able to help the mom's business grow through a family gift. This gives me hope that even after their time with Compassion is done, they will be self-sustaining. My prayer for Daniella is that through being a part of Compassion and knowing she has someone across the world who loves and prays for her, it will keep her on the right path once she is done with her time in the program.

We made a decision to sponsor Compassion children as a way to serve the least of these that Jesus talked about. A simple commitment to support a child can dramatically impact their life and afford them opportunities they wouldn't otherwise have. We eagerly anticipate the letters and pictures we get from Pamod, and it has been a joy to watch him grow into a young man.

The Trondsons

“I chose to sponsor Daniela from Guatemala because she reminded me of my granddaughter Ava. I wanted Daniela to have the same opportunities that Ava has. Spiritual, education, nutrition, health care, and so on. It has been wonderful to see how Daniela has matured over the years with the help of Compassion.”

Marianne Cordell

“A number of years ago I was at a Christian concert, and there was a Compassion booth there. The table was covered with pictures of children who needed sponsors. An older teenage boy's picture caught my eye. Apparently, it's harder to find sponsors for older teenagers. I sponsored him until he outgrew the Compassion program, and then chose another 15-year-old boy…. I love getting to know these young men on the other side of the world! I continue to pray for them after they are grown, and I wonder how they are doing in their adult lives.”

Kathy Stolhanske

What is Child Sponsorship?

Compassion’s Child Sponsorship Program works to break the generational cycle of poverty through a long-term, whole-child approach to development.

A mother stands in the doorway of her home with her two children

The Child Sponsorship Program allows a sponsor to invest in the life of a child (aged 3-22 years) through a $38 monthly commitment that provides that child with physical, social, spiritual and economic care and training.

In this one-to-one relationship, sponsors are encouraged to write letters to their children, filling their minds and spirits with love, support and hope so that they can be further encouraged to defeat poverty and pursue their dreams.

Compassion has grown exponentially over the last two decades. In 1993, approximately 180,000 children were sponsored through Compassion in more than 2,000 child development centers and 21 countries.

Today, more than 1.9 million children are sponsored through Compassion in more than 8,000 church partner sites and 25 countries worldwide.

Learn More about Compassion