One of the highlights of our time in Colorado Springs was going on a tour of the headquarters of Compassion International. We started sponsoring a child this year, and we hosted a Compassion Sunday at our church this spring, so we were all excited to see where all our mail goes.
We saw the machine that opens and sorts all the contributions, lots of displays about the work Compassion does, and the huge mail room where all our letters go to be sent to the center where our sponsored child lives.
We saw a life-sized replica of a typical home, which was eye-opening for Naomi and Johnathan.
The tour ended in a life-sized replica of one of the centers where Compassion provides services for the sponsored children. We had so much fun checking out all the educational activities they have for the kids, nutrition and hygiene centers, and watching the videos of the kids playing in the yard outside the simulated windows. Naomi's favorite part was working in the director's office
(she even borrowed the glasses sitting on the desk to look more official!).
Visiting the Compassion headquarters was so great - it gave our kids a connection and tangible memory to keep in mind when we talk about our sponsored child.
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