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Happy Birthday, Bridget!

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

**Edit: The fog of tax season and allergy problems got me confused, that I somehow thought Bridget’s birthday was April 4th, when in fact it is April 7. So, I’m re-posting this on the right day now. Something extra cool about her birthday being today – it is also Pastor Curt’s birthday today. Happy Birthday, [...]

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Bridget’s Birthday

March 21st, 2008 · No Comments

This is the ultra-cute card I found to send Bridget for her birthday coming up in April.  It folds out into a dollhouse, and there are stickers along with “punch-out and fold” furniture and paper dolls.  It was really hard to find a card that wasn’t all “rich America” with cartoon characters on it (like [...]

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Bridget – An Amazing Gift

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I already had a post set to publish today with pictures of the card I sent yesterday to Bridget for her upcoming birthday, but I will wait until Thursday or Friday to put that one up.  Instead I have to first talk about how she made my day, week, month, year, lifetime yesterday because I got my first [...]

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Uganda – Bridget’s Home

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

This is a map of Uganda, where the blogger group went to last week, and Bridget’s home.   Compassion has some great information about the country here.  It is one of the HIV/AIDS affected areas of Africa, though thankfully Bridget does not currently have HIV/AIDS.  Hopefully my sponsorship will keep her from getting it.    From [...]

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Yes, It Does Make a Difference

February 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Tears are stinging my eyes, and I am so glad that God got me to sponsor Bridget.  Thank you so much, Shaun, for talking to Prossy and answering my question. Let me back up and explain.  Shaun had posted a bunch of FAQ’s about Compassion here, and he said that if we had any other questions [...]

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