Compassion Mobile Experience

The Compassion Mobile Experience came through Portland last weekend. We were able to go through it in January, but the girls wanted to go again. I had hoped we could work the event, but when we went to sign up, the shifts were five hours long. We decided just to attend, but the day before the event I was still getting emails about needing volunteers. I emailed back to see if they could use us for three hours instead of five and they said yes.

This was a completely different truck than the one we saw in January or the one I saw a couple years ago in Montana. (I think there are 8 trucks now that travel across the country). Before our volunteer shift we were able to go through one story (Kiwi from the Philippines) and then during our shift we went through the other two (Jonathan from Dominican Republic and Olive from Uganda).

It was amazing. You are given an ipod and then you hear the story of each child as you walk through the exhibit. It starts with a glimpse at life before Compassion, how the child got involved and the difference sponsorship made that child and family. At the very end you are prompted to watch the screen and the real person (so Kiwi, Olive or Jonathan) appears on the screen and you hear directly from them and see what they are doing now.

To see if it's coming near you, visit the website HERE.