“What difference does it make?”

“Life is a mist why bother?”

“Look at you, why would I want to sponsor?”

Mainly the top and bottom question I ask a lot to myself. These questions help me visit the kids I sponsor and write them and in Angelo’s case work to dunk a basketball with 2 hands when I visit this June!!! Which I am thankful I am b/c I told him I was going to visit even before I was sure I was going to be able to!!! I have heard many and many excellent answers to all of those questions. But some questions will remain a mystery either b/c the answer simply cannot be known for sure or the answer is unknown.

Nice to hear from you too. Yes, I was very blessed to be able to go back to the Dominican Republic. My dad sponsors a child there. The boy that I met with when I was there. He’s visiting for 3 months and wanted to meet him. I also just added 3 correspondence children from the DR. So, I got to meet them too. I’m actually going to Mexico with my dad in a few weeks, to meet his child there and then to Columbia a few weeks later. It’s a blessing.

Yes, I know how some people feel just that the problems are so big that it is difficult to write. I think that even if they were just to send a postcard to the child with a few words on it, such as “I’m praying for you.” It would make such a huge difference over the child not getting letters.

Kees

About your recent trip to DR: You got to go back, already??! I’m sorry; I know envy is a sin, but color me green!

I know some sponsors feel inadequate to write, just as many people think the problems are too big and one person can’t make a difference. That’s why we all have a job to do, yes?

To answer your question. People that don’t write their children are communists! No, I’m just kidding. I find that sometimes sponsors have no idea what letters mean to the children. Last week, on my way to the DR, I ran into a really nice godly lady, who sponsors a child. When I start talking to her about the letters and what have you, she said that she never writes because she doesn’t know what to write. So, we spoke more and she said that she would write and became really convinced about the importance of it. I’ve run into that so many times.

Blessings,

Kees

Kees

I have often wished that I could make a public statement in our services that the cost of sponsoring a child, or giving to Compassion in any other way, is over and above our tithe. I haven’t been able to do that, but it is important for people to know that.

That being said, I look at it this way. I am not there to sell someone on sponsoring a child. I am there to present the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to work in them and then answer any questions they might have. It may be frustrating to us, but if someone chooses to ignore God’s will there isn’t much we can do.

I was at a concert once where a lady pointed to a packet and said “That is the one”. As we helped her fill out the form she told us that she had brought the packet back to the table and returned to the concert but God would not let her go. She went to the ladies room where it was quiet and prayed telling God that she only had a part time job and couldn’t afford the $32. She told us that God assured her that if she sponsored this child He would provide. It was all I could do to keep from jumping the table to hug her.

If a child doesn’t get sponsored I know it is because the person God wants in their life hasn’t seen them yet.