As part of Blog Month, we've been asked to write from the perspective of a sponsored child. I got this assignment on Monday and I've been mulling it over all week. This is definitely the hardest assignment yet.
As of last Friday, 2006 children have been sponsored, that means there are still 1102 children left to go by Sunday night. Please, please, please, if you have been thinking about sponsoring a child for some time, please do it now. You can make a huge difference in the life of a child living in poverty. With Compassion, you can release them from poverty in Jesus' name. Please click
here to view children in need of a sponsor. Older children need sponsors too! If you're not sure that you can commit to sponsoring for many years, choose an
older child, as their time left in the program is much shorter, and you can make a huge difference during their last years at the Compassion project.
The following letter is fictional, but based in reality. The children named and linked in the letter are not related to my knowledge, but they have both been waiting a long time to be sponsored.
Dear Sponsor,
I want to greet you in the name of Jesus Christ and thank you for being my sponsor. My name is Erika and I am 10 and the oldest child in my family. I have 3 younger brothers. My mother works at the market and my father works as a farmer, but often there is no work. I pray that you will write often. I have had 3 other sponsors and none of them ever wrote to me. It made me very sad when the letters arrived month after month and lots of kids got letters, but I never did. My little brother Andres just got sponsored for the first time and he wanted to know when his sponsor will write to him. I told him that hopefully it will be soon.
I am responsible for some chores at my home, like getting our drinking water, doing laundry and cleaning the house. I love going to the Compassion project because there we get to learn about Jesus, the tutors help us with our school work and we get to have a snack. It takes me 20 minutes to walk to the Compassion project in the afternoon and usually it is hot and dry but it is so good to be there. My tutor's name is Elena and she helps me with my mathematics homework. I don't like mathematics, it is very hard, but Elena helps me every time at the project, so that is good. Please pray for me that I will do well at school.
What is it like where you live? We live in a city and it is always noisy and smelly. There are many people and animals everywhere. People keep chickens in their yards and that is good except when there is a rooster... then it is loud every morning and night. My favorite food is chicken and rice. What is your favorite food?
Please tell me about your family and please be my sponsor always. I will pray for you everyday.
Strong hugs,
Erika
