I write all the time about Savannah and Emery, but I’ve never mentioned my 2 other kids, so I thought I would write a little about them today. Here is a picture:
Before Jeremy and I had our own babies we sponsored a 10 year old little girl from Bolivia through World Vision. We would get updates every year on the village where she lived and every so often, we’d get a hand written note or picture from her. I could not pronounce her name, but when I’d pray for her, I’d call her Allie and I was sad last year when I learned her family had moved out of the area where World Vision could reach her.
I agreed to sponsor another child and then decided on having 2. They asked if I had any specifications like gender or nationality, and I asked if I could pick their birthdates. In the end we are sponsoring the little girl above, Bienvenida from the Dominican Republic, who was born exactly one week before Savannah, and also the little boy with the soccer ball, Jorge from Honduras, who shares Emery’s birthday.
What better way to teach my kids what Jesus meant when he said, “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me” (Matt. 25:40), than to talk to them about these children and pray for them together? It’s an exciting opportunity! Maybe one day we will even be able to go and see one or both of them. Wouldn’t that be cool???
If you have ever thought about sponsoring a child somewhere and just didn’t know which organization to partner with, check out World Vision’s website. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with them. We get updates on our children and their communities. For their birthday, Easter, and Christmas World Vision prepares cards with sticker books that I just sign and send back to them so they can forward it to the kids. We can correspond with them as often as we like. And the World Vision staff is always incredibly helpful and courteous.
So go ahead. What are you waiting for? It’s only around $30 a month to impact a child just like your own. And you’d spend thirty dollars to educate and vaccinate them, right???
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