Several of 'us' moms have been talking lately about how we want our children to grow up with compassionate hearts and decided that we needed to take some action to make that happen. We've been visiting the nursing & assisted living homes over the past couple of years and have participated in Operation Christmas Child which has been great, but we want them to have more of a world view, as well as ourselves. Since the beginning of summer, we've been brainstorming ways to do this and eventually, thanks to Melissa, our fearless leader, our little group was born, Kids of Compassion. I'm not sure where all of this will lead, but it's a start. Elaine hosted our first gathering- Cupcakes for a Cause at her house and each of us was assigned a new Christian family in Thailand. B.J. went to Thailand last summer with our church & has kept in touch with some of the people serving there. One missionary in particular, Greg, who recently told B.J. that some of the new Christians in the Palaung tribe could use some encouragement, so he put our group to work by assigning each of us a family. We wrote letters to our family and the kids drew pictures to go with our letters. Elaine explained a little bit to the kids about the country, the region & the culture. We finished up our gathering with red, white & blue cupcakes representing the colors of Thailand's flag. Our letters & pictures were faxed to Thailand, translated & then sent to our families. Most importantly, we all committed to pray for our assigned family. The James family was assigned the Khamlueang family- Jamsaeng, Noi & Bawin in the Mae Jon village. Daniel & Laura Ann are learning that although we are separated from them by culture & country, we are brothers & sisters in Christ.
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