Rafonzel Fazon is Surprised by Her Sponsor on Stage | Compassion

In 2009, Rafonzel Fazon was sharing at a church meeting in Hawaii about how her life was changed through Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program. She had no idea that her sponsor for 15 years, Australian Kathy Green, was sitting in the audience. This is the beautiful moment the two met for the very first time. A life of poverty and substance abuse was the bleak future Rafonzel says she faced before child sponsorship changed her life. "Food wasn't abundant in our family and there were many times when we would wait for our father to come home to see if he had brought something for our dinner," she says. All too often, her father returned empty-handed. Life changed for Rafonzel when she was five years old: an Australian named Kathy Green sponsored her through Compassion Australia. Sponsorship helped provide her family with food and covered Rafonzel's school fees. When she was accepted into Compassion's Leadership Development Program, she also had the chance to graduate from university with an honours degree in mass communication. The meeting in Hawaii was an incredible experience for the two women. "We were all crying," says Rafonzel. "I was screaming and stomping my feet because I just couldn't believe she was there and actually heard me talk about the difference her sponsorship had made in my life." Sponsor a Child: http://cmpsn.co/youtubesponsorachild Visit Our Website: http://cmpsn.co/compassionaustralia Subscribe to Our Channel: http://cmpsn.co/subscribetochannel Follow Us On Social Media Facebook:   / compassionau   Instagram:   / compassionau   Twitter:   / compassionau   Pinterest:   / compassionau