Comments on: The Impact of Letter Writing

By: Rebekah Carthens

Rebekah Carthens — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:40:59 +0000

Hello.This article was really motivating, especially because I was looking for thoughts on this topic last couple of days.

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:05:35 +0000

That breaks my heart Mike….

By: Mike Hailey

Mike Hailey — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:46:14 +0000

Well stated!!! I’ve spoken to several sponsors who admit that they haven’t written their sponsored child in a long time. I try to state the importance of writing letters, and how important it is to the child. I have a photo of a young Bolivian girl whom I met while on an Advocates trip to Bolivia in ’08, who, when asked along with her 20 other classmates at the project we were visiting, sat silently with her face downcast as all of the other children raised their hands to show that they receive letters from their sponsors. She had never received one in the 2 years she had been sponsored. I read somewhere that there are children who would rather not be sponsored than risk the disappointment of not receiving letters from their sponsor. I will never forget that little girl.

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NerdFamily Blog» Blog Archive » Communication is Key — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:27:06 +0000

[...] and I figured he didn’t want to hear about my life. Then I saw a couple of posts. In both The Impact of Letter Writing and There is Power in Sponsor Letters, they talk about how important their sponsor letters have [...]

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:37:06 +0000

Just to let everyone know, Hobby Lobby has nice paper-dolls, stickers, etc. I sent my little Andrea in El Salvador some paper dolls.

By: Paul Nguthi

Paul Nguthi — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:07:01 +0000

You need to know that the letters have a great impact in the life of the sponsored child. I developed the liking to read the bible since my sponsor would quote verses in her letters and i wanted to write mine too. She was like my parent and i enjoyed every word she wrote. I still keep the letters she wrote me 15 years ago…they are so rich.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:02:51 +0000

This just gives me tingles all over… I love hearing stories like this, and I pass them on to the teams within Compassion who work with the letters so they know what a difference they’re making by passing those letters from the sponsor to the child and the child’s letters back to the sponsor. THANK YOU to those of you who faithfully write to your children. You are making such a difference in that child’s life.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:16:56 +0000

I like the picture suggestion as well…. thanks for the idea!

I treasure my child’s letters likely as much as the children treasure their sponsors’ letters!!! I can’t wait for the next one…

By: Shannon K

Shannon K — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:59:19 +0000

Hi Diane,

I really like your picture suggestion and will probably use that in the future! I sponsor an almost-eight year old girl in Uganda (she was five years old when I started sponsoring her). Her letters — both from her teachers at first and also from her personally — have always been written in English. That might not be the case at other child development centers, though.

Hope you’ll hear from your little girl soon and begin a blessed correspondence with her!