Writing to our Compassion Kids

As you may know, if you've read the blog for a while, our family sponsors two children through Compassion International.  For more information on this wonderful organization, please click on the widget on the right sidebar.  We have sponsored Fernando from Honduras since fall 2009.  We just started sponsoring Veronica from Tanzania this fall.  On the same exact day this past week we received a letter from each of them.  It was very exciting!!  I stumbled across Michelle's inspiring blog a few months ago and was so motivated to really make our correspondence with these two children extra special. 

I wanted to share here what we are sending to Fernando and Veronica this week.  Their birthdays are in February and March.  Since it takes a while for them to receive our mail, chances are they will get these pretty close to their birthdays.  In addition to sending a hand-written letter, to Fernando I sent three namecards I made for him using my scrapbooking supplies.  I laminated these for durability using this laminator which is on sale for an awesome price.  I got mine a few months ago when they had another great deal on it.  I love it!!  In his most recent letter, Fernando had asked me what some of my favorite Bible verses are.  I typed out four of them for him and found a place online that would translate them into Spanish for me.  So I was able to send him four laminated Bible verse cards with both English and Spanish words.  Hope he likes them!  I also sent him a sports ball sticker book from Dollar General.

 

Close-up of Bible verse cards............

 

Close-up of his name cards.............

 

This was our first letter to Veronica.  I sent her a laminated page with photos of everyone in our family.  You can see it peeking out in the photo below.  I'm only showing you my photo and keeping the rest of my devastatingly handsome family members' identities private.  :-)  I also sent Veronica a hand-written letter, three laminated namecards, and a sticker album from Dollar General.  I hope she loves them. 

 

If you are at all interested in sponsoring a child through Compassion, I really encourage you to look into it.  It is so awesome to have a personal relationship with a child in need and to know you are making a real difference in their lives.  I received a letter a few weeks ago from the pastor who runs the project that Veronica attends in Tanzania.  The need there is so great and they are doing great things for the children and families in their care.   

Comments

[Laura]

I hope you do consider sponsorship again. It issuch a blessing both ways.Take care and thanks for writing! You are loved by an Almighty God!!
Laura

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[grace]

This is very inspiring. My husband and I used to sponsor a child through Compassion, until her father moved their family outside of the reach of the ministry. It was very sad. It was at a time in my life that I was growing as a person, new wife and step-mom... I didn't write to Kinverli the way I should have. And it was just as we were getting better about letters, and photos, and gifts, that she left the program.

These are beautiful ideas. And I hope to be able to sponsor another child someday, and am inspired to make the relationship a creative and wonderful one.

Thanks for sharing!

[Laura]

Hi, Bianca I just used sticker letters and scrapbook paper to make the namecards. Then I laminated them, but you wouldnt need to do that if you dont have access to a laminator. Hope that helps!
Laura

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[Bianca]

Hi,

I sponsor a boy in Tanzania through Compassion.
Can you tell my how to make the namecards?
Is there a website where you can make them?

greetz Bianca from the Netherlands

[Bridgett]

Neat Ideas! I'm sure they will enjoy them. I love Compassion!

[ibeeeg]

I think your ideas for the letters is very cool. I am getting a laminator for Christmas...yay! I have thought about making a scrapbook for our sponsor child. I would send her a laminated page or so about every quarter. She then could add the pages to the book. The problem is how to keep the pages together. I thought a ring would work great until I read that metal cannot be sent...maybe string? The pages would photos of us, or seasonal photos of our areas...snow and such. Anyway, have you sent laminated pages before? I am curious because I worry that they can not be sent...plastic. I hope you have because this would be great news for us.

By the way... I am glad to see that I won your Compassion giveaway... Christmas bunting garland. I am unable to email you because my email program is not opening up from your email link. Please email so that I can send you my address. ibeeeg(at)gmail(dot)com Thanks...I greatly appreciate it. :)

[Michelle ~ Blogging from the Boonies]

What lovely goodies for your kids! :D They will love them!