Leah’s Comments (group member since Nov 19, 2013)

Leah’s comments from the Teens Interceding for Orphans (TIO) group.

Medomfo wrote: "I'd love to sign up!"

Thanks for your interest, but unfortunately, after starting a new job last year, I haven't had time to keep up the TIO blog or this group. :(

Ah, Rachel. You've revived the group. Thank you!

Silent Tears is super good but heartbreaking. Wait No More looks good too.

I just called Compassion to see if we could send anything to unsponsored/correspondence sponsored as a one time thing. Apparently you can for Christmas, but the cut off date is in October. Thought that might be of use to file away for future reference.

Thanks so much for sharing, Rachel! I will probably call them tomorrow with a question about possibly sending some of the kids Christmas cards.

Okay. I've been a terrible moderator/organizer for this. I'm now declaring a holiday vacation. We'll revisit the book discussion after the New Year. Sorry to be so absentee guys!

Still haven't read chapter three...*frowns at busy schedule* How many of you have?

Compassion did reply to me and I just made a blog post out of what they said. Check it out. Thanks for the inspiration, Rachel!

http://teensintercedingfororphans.com...

I'm going to try to read chapter three tonight. If I can stay awake long enough.

I just sent an email to Compassion asking if they'd be willing to describe the process to becoming a "correspondence sponsor" for TIO readers. :)

How's everyone doing reading this. I'm about ready to get started on chapter three. Sorry I've been so terrible at moderating this book discussion. Having Counted Worthy release last week has been sucking up all my time.

I've heard of this. Might even have hosted a guest post about it on TIO a while back. Great idea! Just haven't had the time to look into it more. Thanks for sharing, Rachel!

I got my new copy, so hopefully I can start being more proactive about keeping the discussion going now! Sorry for the little die out there.

I agree that this book is very statistic heavy. It makes it a little hard to get through reading, but I think it makes a great reference book to go back to little bits and pieces when you need to remember something.

Also, Rachel. For those of us who have done a lot of previous reading, there is a lot of rehash. However, the discussion points at the end of each chapter could make for some great conversations if we can get participation. ;)

And speaking of that. One of the things I was really hoping to see happen during this book discussion was for different participates to volunteer to write a 300-600 word response/essay/thoughts about different chapters/discussion points/action points to be featured on the blog. I really, really want to see this grow into more of a community thing instead of just me doing most of the talking. Just throwing that out there.

Yay! I got my new copy of The Global Orphan Crisis. Time to get this show back on the road! Who's with me?

Hello everyone. This seems to have died out a little. And I have a confession to make. I misplaced my copy of the book we're reading. A new copy is on it's way, so I'll be working on getting everything up to speed as soon as it arrived! Sorry about that.

Thanks so much, Sarah! Appreciate it.

I was really delayed in organizing anything this week, so I'm going to say take an extra week for chapter two and answer as many of these questions as you want. Or pick just one. Sound good?

Sorry I've been absent. We are reading chapter two this week. I can't find my book to post the discussion question and action point, though. Would anyone be willing to list the discussion questions?

Hey everyone! It's time to start reading chapter two. :) Did you learn anything new from chapter one?

That's fine, Rachel. The first chapter is a pretty quick read, so you'll catch up quickly. We're taking our time with this book since a lot of readers are busy getting back into the swing of school and stuff.

Awesome! I'm glad you did. And thank you for your input.

I think your picture of an orphan is pretty similar to mine. I have to think about it some more.

I'm sure Seth can use your prayers! It's funny how random kids do catch you're attention, isn't it?

I'm excited about it too. I hope plenty of people participate. :)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on that question. I'm curious to see if it will change at all after you read the chapter.

Looks like you have a heart for the visually impaired. Thanks for sharing. :)