For the last two months I have vowed and declared that I wasn’t going to post on my blog at all while the Compassion bloggers are in the Dominican Republic. I was going to post their links at the top of my page to emphasize how incredibly important I think their trip is, and then I was going to jump out of the way so that people would click over and sponsor lots of children.
I had myself a plan, I did.
But one day last week I was talking to Shannon, and I mentioned my plan in passing, and she said, “Oh. That’s interesting.”
NOTE TO READER: when Shannon says, “That’s interesting,” it means she’s trying to figure out HOW IN THE SAM HILL LOGIC LED YOU TO THAT FAULTY CONCLUSION.
And after a few seconds, she spoke up in that sweet Arkansas accent of hers and said, “Um, don’t you think you’d probably be able to direct more people to the Compassion bloggers if you were posting new content every day? Because that way you’d have more people reading?”
OH.
That makes lots of sense.
It would seem that sometimes I struggle with seeing the big picture.
But now that I, you know, GET IT, I’ve decided that yes, I’m still going to post here this week. That doesn’t mean that I think anything I have to say is remotely as important as what these people are saying, oh my lands no. But maybe if you’re here and you see a link, you’ll click through and read about what they’re experiencing – and as a result, you’ll read about what you can do to make a difference in the lives of children in the Dominican Republic.
That’s what I’m hoping, anyway.
So in the spirit of making a difference, I’m going to post a link to the Compassion Bloggers at the bottom of my posts this week. They’ll only be one click away. And my prayer is that hundreds of children will be released from poverty this week as they result of the bloggers’ trip.
So. There you have it.
Now do have a lovely day.
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You are such a sweet and sassy friend, I think.
Praying for many to check out what all the hubbub is about…
so excited about following this trip! we’ve visited the DR several times through mission connections at our church, it’s a sweet country with a lot of turmoil. can’t wait to see how it’s impacted through this trip!
i’ll be praying for them!
i think shannon is right. those of us who read in a reader would never see the links on your blog. thank goodness for smart friends! i have a few too.
That Shannon. She’s a brainiac.
I’ll be here every day.
I think it’s fascinating that MM found a way to blog about that on 12.31.1969….
this is so fun! we’re going on year 4 with our first “daughter”, a little girl in Kenya. it’s SUCH A BLESSING to be a sponsor, y’all! just do it! we get letters from her all the time, and she always closes them with “love from your lovely daughter”. how sweet is that?!
And this is why you are my most favorite Boomama!! Thanks.
I love your heart. I can’t wait to check the blogs each day.
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That Shannon is a smart girl!