Your letters are SO important

During my trip to Ecuador, I was blessed to have the opportunity to visit my Compassion sponsored child, Dailys. It was an amazing experience.

If you ever have the opportunity (and I know it's not always that easy), I would encourage you to visit your sponsored child.

During the course of our conversation, I found out that one of her brothers is also sponsored. But he has only gotten one letter during his entire sponsorship. I could tell that they would have like to received more correspondence from his sponsor.

I'm not mentioning this to pump myself up. I don't write nearly as often as I should (I usually write every other month). But when her mom was talking to me, it made me want to write much more often.

Dailys' mom said, "We always know when Dailys has received a letter at her project. She starts running and yelling about a block from home, "I got a letter!!""

Talk about being choked up. Something that takes little time and effort on my part, but has the power to put a smile on her face.

Why aren't I writing monthly or weekly?

If you are a sponsor, I'd like to encourage you to write your sponsored child regularly. If you are not a sponsor, you can still write to a child by becoming their correspondent. You won't sponsor them financially, but you will be able to write to them. I'm not exactly sure how you sign up for that, but I'd bet you could find the answer at Blogging From the Boonies.


Finally, I leave you with a picture.