Compelled By Compassion
On April 3rd Me and 15 others began a journey
one that changed all of our lives
one that would challenge us to be better people. to live lives worth living
Our journey led us to Nicaragua the second poorest country in the western hemisphere
We left with high hopes and huge dreams
We wanted to change the world
and we did
we changes the lives of so many in such a short time
we were Compelled by Compassion
We worked with an amazing family of missionaries, Ken and Kendra Doutt are two incredible people with ginormous hearts for people
they and their three beautiful kids live in Nicaragua they are spending their lives making a difference one child at a time
My kids at the camp
We spent time in a small mountain village called Rancho Grande it took us a day and a half on a bus to travel to this remote village. These people don’t see a lot of gringos (north americans). We worked in a feeding center there with kids who were dying of malnourishment. We also did a summer camp for those kids during the day
It was an incredible experience. These kids who had so little were so happy. Small words in my broken spanish were life altering for these kids
I simply told them muy bien after looking at their picture that they had colored and their eyes lit up. These kids don’t get to see affection. they don’t get to see love
for some of the girls I was the first male figure in their life who hadn’t been there for the wrong reasons.
We also worked with some boys at the Farming School of Hope a local school teaching the boys the trade of farming so they can make a living
these boys were so selfless and they worked extremely hard. They were learning all about God and his word
on the last night we were there we gave the boys a new testament bible
the boy I gave mine too gave me a giant hug and said thank you
I couldn’t keep the tears from falling
I probably have 5 bibles and this boy doesn’t even have a single one
and I watched as he opened the book like a girl reading the newest twilight book
He studied the pages it was incredible to see the glow in his eyes
we also worked in the dumps of Managua these kids live in the trash and fight for plastic to turn in for only a few cents
these kids walk around on burning piles of trash without shoes
theyre water is a river of raw sewage
But we got to bring hope to these hopeless kids
we fed them and I got to teach on how God was gonna give them big muscles
It was an extremely humbeling experience
to bring life to these broken kids
These kids were getting theyre only meal that day it was a life changing experience
one that i will never forget
I challenge you to join with us and be compelled by compassion
Join the effort to help the hurting and broken people of nicuragua by partnering with Ken and Kendra doutt
You can give a one time donation here
You can find out more about the Doutt family and their ministries at CompelledbyCompassion.com
Join us in this effort to change the ragamuffin nation of Nicaragua one life at a time
these are only a few of many stories iam sure i will post many more
compelled by compassion
Ben,
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