My Sponsored Child

[Dee Dee Warren]

I just got another letter today

They bring me such joy. Pierre told me about his Christmas and his church, and said he would like to share a verse with us - Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, do not be afraid, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

He said that verse is special for them.

[luv1another]

we sponsor a child through Christian Childrens fund. we have been sponsoring for about 3 years now... but I am terrible at writing letters. he is also 1 yr younger than my son and his birthday is only a few days away from my sons.

his name is aaron and he is from zambia, I have some pictures of him it's cool to see him growing up over the years

and with gift money we send he has bought chickens and school books and shoes things like that

we also used to sponsor a girl with world vision before this and she moved out of the region with her family and so we couldnt sponsor her any longer that is when we changed to CCF and got aaron

can I post a pic here? Im not sure if that would be ok or not.

[luv1another]

well compassion was at youth alive this weekend and youth alive has asked compassion to give them a whole town of kids in a really poor area so that western australia people can sponsor that town.

I really felt like I wanted to do this so I sponsored a little girl called Christina who will be 6 this year she lives in indonesia

here is her pic...isnt she so sweet

and here is the boy aaron that my husband sponsors that I talked about in the above post

[luv1another]

how cool is this...aaron drew these cute pictures for us and sent them

[Amy Collins]

I have a sponsored Child name Joao.
any hints on what to write him.
To draw him and his mother to Christ?
Taking care Of Joao is so very rewarding.

[semmie]

I have a sponsored Child name Joao.
any hints on what to write him.
To draw him and his mother to Christ?
Taking care Of Joao is so very rewarding.

hi Amy,

welcome to tweb!! i'm so glad to see you participating in these threads (on the Missionary Board). from what i've seen of you so far, you have a huge heart for god's people all over the world, and that really encourages me and challenges me. it's great to have you here.

as far as writing letters goes, i would encourage you to keep it as simple as possible. remember, most letters have to be translated (sometimes more than once!), so the simpler the word and sentence structure, the better.

also, remember to keep the focus off of material things and differences of culture; try to keep common ground with your little guy. write about things you can both relate to: family, pets, weather, and yes--the love of god!

i was just re-reading my information packet about my sponsorship, and i read something that i had forgotten: that children in a third world country have a hard time believing that anyone would care how tall they are, or what their favorite subject in school is. i asked my little guy what his favorite game was, and he said he likes to play with his pet chicken! i found this incredibly endearing, because it is not what i expected!

something that i'm working through right now is what i can send to my little boy. my mom sponsors a little girl, so she sends pretty stickers and such; but i always think of stickers as being "girly." the trick is to find something small, and no heavier than paper..that a little boy would enjoy. and what did i come up with? so far, all i can think of is stickers and construction paper. i sent him some animal stickers last time (lions and tigers and bears, oh my!), and each time i write, i send him a few pieces of colored construction paper. it turns out, he really likes them. he loves to color, so..the construction paper was a good choice.

anyway, the first letter is always the hardest. oh, and photos! send photos of you and your family/friends/pets. photos are a hit.

can you tell us a little bit about your child? where he's from, how old he is, etc.

again...i'm so glad to see you, especially in this thread. may god bless you with his peace and his joy.

pax christi.

sarah

[Amy Collins]

Thank you so much so heart warming.
and as a bonus just what I needed to hear.
I hope we become good friends.

[semmie'ssister]

hi Amy,

welcome to tweb!! i'm so glad to see you participating in these threads (on the Missionary Board). from what i've seen of you so far, you have a huge heart for god's people all over the world, and that really encourages me and challenges me. it's great to have you here.

as far as writing letters goes, i would encourage you to keep it as simple as possible. remember, most letters have to be translated (sometimes more than once!), so the simpler the word and sentence structure, the better.

also, remember to keep the focus off of material things and differences of culture; try to keep common ground with your little guy. write about things you can both relate to: family, pets, weather, and yes--the love of god!

i was just re-reading my information packet about my sponsorship, and i read something that i had forgotten: that children in a third world country have a hard time believing that anyone would care how tall they are, or what their favorite subject in school is. i asked my little guy what his favorite game was, and he said he likes to play with his pet chicken! i found this incredibly endearing, because it is not what i expected!

something that i'm working through right now is what i can send to my little boy. my mom sponsors a little girl, so she sends pretty stickers and such; but i always think of stickers as being "girly." the trick is to find something small, and no heavier than paper..that a little boy would enjoy. and what did i come up with? so far, all i can think of is stickers and construction paper. i sent him some animal stickers last time (lions and tigers and bears, oh my!), and each time i write, i send him a few pieces of colored construction paper. it turns out, he really likes them. he loves to color, so..the construction paper was a good choice.

anyway, the first letter is always the hardest. oh, and photos! send photos of you and your family/friends/pets. photos are a hit.

can you tell us a little bit about your child? where he's from, how old he is, etc.

again...i'm so glad to see you, especially in this thread. may god bless you with his peace and his joy.

pax christi.

sarah

I have a 9 year old boy in El Salvador and a 16 year old girl in India (both sponsored through Compassion) and I've found that my boy will color pages from a coloring book I send him, and them send them back to me!

But there are some boyish stickers that I send him too, and he uses them to decorate his drawings.

I also send them photos of us. Or when we travel or visit places, i'll buy an extra post card for each of them that will show geographically where we traveled to.