Changing Childrens Lives – A Womans Mission

Life changed for Dorothy Samson in an Indian orphanage. Seeing the incredible needs of the children there, the Colorado resident knew she could make a difference.So started a journey that led her to Compassion International and its unique child sponsorship program. Now, after just five years working with the ministry, 25 children count on Samson for prayers,letters and support.

Later, when she learned that there was a need for sponsors for African children, she didn’t hesitate to take on even more.

I always wanted to have 12 children with an abundance of boys, Samson said.

Later, when she learned that there was a need for sponsors for African children, she didn’t hesitate to take on even more.

But all children are precious, even those who might be HIV-positive. They aren’t responsible for having the disease – they are innocent victims, and they, too, deserve the opportunity to have a happy childhood and to be loved and cared for.

I don’t know if any of my children have the disease,Samson said.I pray that they do not. But it would never change how I feel about them. I love them as my own children. My hope for them is that they can have a happy childhood and become all they can be in Jesus – free from AIDS.

Responding to the need, Samson sponsored 12 African children – eight of them in Uganda. And in September 2002, she spent five special days with my youngsters,as she refers to them. She treated her children to a game park, a safari and a boat ride to see hippos.

They crawl up into my lap they call me Auntie Dorothy,Samson said.They are my children and I love them all.

I don’t know if any of my children have the disease,Samson said.I pray that they do not. But it would never change how I feel about them. I love them as my own children.

I don’t know if any of my children have the disease,Samson said.I pray that they do not. But it would never change how I feel about them. I love them as my own children. My hope for them is that they can have a happy childhood and become all they can be in Jesus – free from AIDS.

When Compassion International opened its first projects in Uganda in 1980, the scourge of HIV/AIDS had not yet affected the world. Little did anyone know that only a few years later, many of the children Compassion serves in Uganda would battle the effects of this deadly, incurable disease. Compassion International currently ministers to more than 164,000 children in five countries in East Africa.

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