I also have a child in Rwanda. I got a letter from her today. I had sent birthday money. She wrote to tell me thank you and that she had bought a hen for her family. I love hearing from her.

Registered children who are not yet sponsored receive the same interventions, go through the same activities and get the same care as with the sponsored ones. Only, they don’t get letters or special gifts, and that’s so sad. That’s why we pray hard with our church partners that God will call in more and more loving sponsors who can make a difference in the lives of these children.

Blessings!

I do have a question. How are children without sponsors, the registered ones, ministered to?

I had the sad thing happen of one of my children leaving the program. It broke my heart. I cannot imagine how a child would feel to lose a sponsor.

I had the unique opportunity of being able to send gifts this past month. No one knew yet that Delia wasn’t coming back. (A friend was going to Ecuador.) I talked to Compassion and they said that most likely the staff will still try to get the things to her. I told them if not, I would love for them to use this backpack full of stuff for the children who are waiting.

And Compassion set me up with another little girl. I wrote her right away even though my heart was heavy for my Delia.

Blessings on your work.

I wrote my first letter to Michelle three weeks ago by email and now understand the length of time it will take to receive an answer.

Thanks for all the info and tips regarding relating to my sponsored child.

Jerry

May God Bless You!!!

If you happen to see her again, let her know I say hi and send my love.

Hello Sara,

Yes I have interviewed Careen. She is a special young lady. Our country office has put up a book where I wrote stories of sponsored children and how their lives come together through this ministry. One story was about Careen’s before she became LDP and many of the readers were mostly drawn to her story. I called the book “Shine Forth” because through their lives the light of Jesus is clearly seen, and that was most evident in Careen’s. Compassion Netherlands picked up that part of the book and wrote an article on Careen in German. I think Compassion Korea wants to do the same.

For everyone’s info, Careen has difficulty in seeing, hearing and speaking and yet she is a student/church leader, was editor of their school paper, and has won in several writing competitions.

I sponsor an LDP student in The Philippines. She mentioned having been interviewed about her story by some people from the compassion staff. Would you have possibly interviewed her? Her name is Careen (ed: last name removed for privacy reasons).