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.
“They crawl up into my lap; they call me ‘Auntie Dorothy,'” Samson said. “They are my children.”
Although Samson never had children of her own, that didn’t stop her from sharing her love and compassion with little ones.
“I always wanted to have 12 children with an abundance of boys,” Samson said.
From her home in Grand Junction, Samson began her Compassion sponsorship experience in 1999 with four children from India and one from Haiti. That number soon grew to 13 children, and she got that abundance of boys.
Later, when she learned that there was a need for sponsors for African children, she didn’t hesitate to take on even more.
“Compassion told me that there was a lack of sponsors for African...