HH#446: How $38 a month can change lives through child sponsorships (Compassion International)

The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey

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🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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“38 dollars is beyond 38 dollars - it’s a discipleship opportunity to make these children followers of Christ.” I was absolutely giddy to step into this interview. My guest Jonathan Almonte works with Compassion International as the manager of supporter engagement. Last year, I had the opportunity to talk with Jonathan on the podcast and I’m so happy we got to catch up a year later! Jonathan shares about his childhood growing up in poverty and how a 26-year-old college student sponsoring him changed his life forever. It’s easy to think that $38 a month doesn’t do much, but it truly has the power to change the trajectory of a family and give them an opportunity to hear the Gospel of Jesus. This is Kingdom work, friends! We have a goal to sponsor 400 kids over the next year and I know we can do it! Pray about what it would look like for you to take part in this beautiful mission. Go to compassion.com/ivey! Connect with Jamie Facebook // Twitter // Instagram // YouTube GET ALL THE LINKS FROM THE SHOW HERE

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0:00.0	Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy podcast. I'm your host Jamie and I'm
0:05.1	so glad you're here. Each week on this show, I invite a friend to join me and we chat about
0:09.5	the big things in life, the little things in life, and everything in between.
0:23.7	Hey friends and welcome to another episode of the happy hour with Jamie Ivy. I'm your host Jamie
0:27.9	and happy day after Thanksgiving to our American friends. I hope you've had a great week if you
0:33.5	spend it with family wherever you were. I hope that it has been a blessing. We have so much to
0:37.7	be thankful for you guys. We have a phenomenal show today and I know I say that a lot because honestly
0:43.2	I think all of our shows are phenomenal. This one is really, really extra good. In fact, when I
0:47.4	knew I was coming in to record this episode that day, I was giddy with excitement. I was so ready
0:53.3	for this conversation and it's an old friend. He was here last year on episode 341. So if you're like,
0:58.3	you know what, I want to go back and listen to that one. Go to jmeiv.com slash hh341 to hear his
1:04.4	first episode. Well, he's back again and so many of you were moved by his story last year. Jonathan
1:10.2	was actually registered in Compassion's Child Sponsorship program when he was seven years old.
1:14.7	And so today we're going to talk about Compassion International. I am a fan of them. I've been supporting
1:19.2	them for years. We brought this conversation to you last year and we asked you to come alongside us
1:24.8	and the leadership and Dominican Republic into sponsor children and you guys showed up. Well,
1:29.7	today Jonathan's back to talk about it. Jonathan is currently the manager of Supporter Engagement
1:34.2	for all of Compassion in the DR. He tells us about what that actually means. He's serving donors
1:38.8	like you and I and sponsors the children and helps donors communication with sponsors of their
1:43.4	children in the DR. Today, Jonathan is going to share a little bit of his story from when he was
1:47.4	growing up as a sponsor. He's going to really invite us into what poverty looks like in the
1:51.0	Dominican Republic and what that means. But more important than that, he's going to talk about the
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