Friday, February 28, 2014

Go see the "Son of God" movie this weekend!

This weekend I will be helping work at the "Son of God" movie with Compassion International (helping run a table to try to get more people signed up to be sponsors).  I will be able to see the movie at the same time so next week I'll do a review.  I've heard its supposed to be really good though so I suggest you all go out and enjoy the movie, and sign up to become a Compassion International sponsor while you are there :)


Thursday, February 27, 2014

Yessica is going to be a big sister!

We will be going to visit Yessica in Peru in a few months so I wanted to make sure I knew how many siblings she had and such (to know what types of gifts to buy).  In her letters she mentioned 2 siblings, but Compassions records showed none, so I had them put in an inquiry to see what was correct.

Here was their response yesterday:

I have heard from our staff in Peru regarding the siblings that Yessica mentioned and this is what we learned:
 
The project in Peru confirmed that Yessica does have two siblings.   Their names are Erika (sister, 10) and Ander (brother, 9). The reason the project didn’t mention the siblings is because the siblings do not live in the same home as Yessica.  In this case Erika is Yessica’s sister only by her father side, however she has never lived with with Yessica. We have just been informed that Erika is also registered in the program and is already sponsored but they see each other frequently in the project. Ander is Yessica’s brother by her father and mother, but the parents separated before Yessica was registered in the project and Ander was living with Yessica’s mother in another place.  Currently, Yessica lives with her father.  Her father recently got engaged few months ago and they are expecting their first baby. Erika loves her siblings very much and has a good relationship with them.



This is awesome since now I know more about her back story.  Plus I can bring a baby gift for her family too (gender neutral of course since I won't know what they are expecting).  This will be something fun we can write about and she can talk about how her sibling is growing and such (once born).  Excited to meet Yessica soon!

Friday, February 21, 2014

Happy 14th Birthday Priyanga!

Our sponsored child Priyanga from India turns 14 today!  She is growing into a wonderful young woman who writes great letters.  She does well at school, is involved in activities, and loves her family.  We are so proud of her!  This was her picture from about a year ago. 




Today I wrote her a quick letter using the online writing tool telling her that we were thinking of her on her birthday and such.  I'm hoping to get all my handwritten letters done for our 10 kids this weekend.  With all the snow, it will be a good thing to stay inside and do!

Monday, February 17, 2014

Letters are the best presents!

My birthday is 2 days before Valentine's day.  We don't really do gifts for these two days much and just go out to eat or a movie or such. 

This year I got the best presents on each day!  Wednesday (my birthday) I received a letter from Priyanga from India.  Then on Friday (Valentine's Day) I received a letter from Selemani  from Tanzania.  Both of those made my day and are better than any flower or chocolates.

I took someone's advice and took a picture of me holding the letter from Priyanga so that I could send it to her sometime showing just how happy I am to receive letters from her.  I'll try to do it with the other kids letters too but once pictures are on my camera, it takes forever for me to get them off of there! 

Make sure to write your sponsored kids letters when you get a chance.  I'm sure it lights up their day as much as it does ours.  This week I need to get around to doing my monthly handwritten letters for the kids. 


Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Valentines Day!

I want to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day!  Each year I send my sponsored kids Valentines (around December so they reach the kids by February).  I buy Valentines on clearance after the holiday is done so that I have them when December rolls around.  I buy these cute holographic Valentines with puppies and kittens for the girls, and cool cars for the boys.  I also found some cute bible verse cards with hearts on them too, as well as paper airplane Valentines for the boys.

I tell the kids how it is a holiday about love and how much we love them.

Today, my quote describing my sponsorship experience was posted on Compassion International's Facebook page so that was special that they picked me.  Here are my words in their cute graphic.




It is so true!  I will always love my sponsored kids from now until eternity. They are a part of our family and my hearth.

I wish them all a wonderful Valentine's day today and send them love all year long!


~ Graphic courtesy of the Compassion International Facebook page.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Cute Peru Girl That Needs a Sponsor

We love all our Compassion kids and today I found one with the same first name as our Flor from Peru:

Flor Esperanza Valencia Amaya
Birthday:  August 4, 2009 (so she is 4.5 years old)
She lives with her parents and there are two kids in the family.





If you would like to sponsor Flor, please click here


If you sponsor her, please let me know and I can try to take a small gift to her when we visit Peru in a few months.  Thanks so much.

Or if you would like to sponsor a different child from Peru (or any other country really), please click on the below link to be directed to the Compassion website.

Click here to sponsor a child