Triple Mail Call!

I love this time when I get a letter from all of my kids!!! Here they are!!

The first is from Chatchai from Thailand - Dated May 2, 2012:

Dear Maria,

I'm writing on behalf of Chatchai because he is unable to write by himself. He is wondering how you and your family are right now. Are you keeping very well? He and his family are very fine. Again, he is wondering how the weather in your country is right now. Is it so hot or not? He can go to Church sometimes and he can join in the Christmas celebration with the project. He says he is very glad and very happy on Christmas Day recently. He says he prefers both Christmas Day and Easter Day. He says right now his family is preparing for growing corn crops. He says he can join in his birthday party in the project because the project has arranged for him and many other friends. Also, the Easter celebration has been arranged in the project as well. He asks you to take good care of your health because right now the weather is very hot. He asks you to say a prayer for him in coming to learn in the project and for his preparation for learning in a new grade, and for his parents in their work also. He prays the blessing of the Lord to stay with you and your family.

Love in Christ and With love and highly respect,

Chatchai and child worker on his behalf

Even though someone at the project is writing for him... I imagine my little guy saying "And tell her this... and this... and this...!!!" :) How I love his letters! So much detail from such a little tike!

This next one is Nury from Mexico - Dated July 9, 2012.

Hello Sponsor Maria!

How is your health? I am fine. My holidays are Christmas, Easter, and New Year's Eve. On my birthday, my grandmother cooked tamales. I had a great time! Ho has everything gone with your students. What grade will you be teaching in? I am going to have a female teacher. I am passing onto 5th grade meanwhile my sister is moving onto 8th grade. We are doing good in school. Thanks for the letter you sent me, it is very pretty and the drawings were nice. I wish you could pray for my family. I am about to get out on vacation, and when  that happens, I am going to attend the Vacation Bible School, both at church and at Compassion. I hope you have a good time. God Bless you.

Nury

Oh Nury, you are growing beautifully into the woman God has created you to be!

Last but not least is Yamairy from Dominican Republic - Dated June 19, 2012.

Dear Maria,

How are you? The child and her mother send warm regards and blessings to you. The child says she did well in school because she got promoted to 4th grade! The child thanks you for the letter, stickers, and for the pictures. The child wants to know, do you like bread with salami? She asks for prayers for her whole family and for you. May God bless you.

With love and affection,

Yamairy and Compassion tutor

Hooray!! I love getting updates on my little ones! I need to write them another letter!! Please share your letters as well! Provide the links in your comments. I would love to hear how your kids are doing!

Mail Call from Thailand!

This next letter is from Chatchai from Thailand. It was dated February 5, 2012 and was received on April 23, 2012. This letter was written by a project volunteer. I can't wait until he is able to write on his own!

Dear Maria,


Hello. I am a project volunteer. I write to you on behalf of Chatchai because he cannot write by himself yet. His family and he are fine. He thanks you very much for your Christmas blessing. He lived with his family on the past Christmas. He said the he joined the Christmas party at the project with his friends. He said that he had a lot of fun with it because there were many friends that joined there together. There were many presents for children also. He goes to school on Monday-Friday. He attends the project's activities on weekends. He said the he studies not too much at school because he is in kindergarten. He is studying primary education now. He has an opportunity to sleep in the afternoon also. He said that your smile is very beautiful. He said to please write to hime again. Finally, please pray for his travel to and from school. He will always pray for your health. He wishes that you will be happy every day. He spent your gift on sport trousers and clothes. May God bless you always. 


Love and regards,

Chatchai and project volunteer

I chuckle at this letter. It is so common for kids this age to hear the question, "So what did you do in school today?" and respond with, "Nothing much." It is too funny! My young man just turned 8 on March 28th. Can't wait to hear about how his birthday went!

Mail Call Catch Up!

As mentioned in my previous blog, I have been very busy with parent-teacher conferences and midterm report cards. I finally have time to update on 2 of the letters I have received from my dear Chatchai from Thailand.

This one was dated October 26, 2011 and was received January 14th, 2012.

Dear Maria,

Hello. I am a volunteer writing for Chatchai because he can't write by himself. The following message is all from him.
 He is glad to receive your letter. How are you and your family? How many brothers and sisters do you have? He and his family are doing well. He has 5 siblings and he is the youngest. Arunee is his older sister. They go to the project on the same day. 
 It's now his school break, but his school is starting soon. It's the beginning of winter here.
Thank you for the bible translation from Timothy 3:16 and Isaiah 55:11. He promises that he will read and share them with his family. He will pray for you and your family. Please take care of your health and please pray for him and that Thailand will get through the flooding crisis.


Love and miss you,


Chatchai



This second one was dated November 28, 2011 and was received February 6, 2012

To Maria,

Hello. I am a project staff writing on behalf of Chatchai because he can't write by himself. He is asking how you are and your family. His family and himself are doing well. He is asking what do you like to do when you are free? He likes to go to the farm with his parents when he is free or during school is closed. He is asking if you could take care of your health. He said he cares about you. He is asking if you could pray for his study and for everyone in his family. May God Bless you!

Love in Christ,

Chatchai

My heart always rejoices when I hear my kids tell me about what they are learning, that they are praying for me, and that they are thinking of me... especially with all the responsibilities and struggles that they face daily. I makes me turn to God with a grateful heart that I was born where I am in the time that I was.

Thank you Lord for your grace and mercy. Please continue to be with the sponsored and un-sponsored children of Compassion International.  I pray that they come to know you and that they grow up to be the men and women of God that you are training them up to be. I praise you and thank you for doing this, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Mail Call from Mexico

Here is the third letter received from my third sponsor child. This one come from Nury from Mexico. It was dated October 22, 2011 and was received December 19, 2011.

Hi dear sponsor Maria,


How has your health been? I hope you're doing well. I'm doing well, but I had a little fever, a cold and a cough. At my church, they teach me hot to praise God and how to pray. At the Compassion Project (also known as Compassion CDC - Child Development Centre), they teach me about God. I would like you to please pray for me and my family. I was really happy to receive the letters and the stickers you sent me. I'm doing well in school. I'm 9 years old and my sister is 12. My mom is 32 years old and my dad is 38 years old. I've been having a really good time in school. My teacher left already and we organized a special meal and get-together to say goodbye to him. We had fun with all my classmates. I hope you'll have a really good time this Christmas. God bless you. See you soon.


Nury

I absolutely love how her responses are lengthier and more detailed. She is growing into such a beautiful young lady of God. Would love to hear about your letter updates! I love reading them on your posts! Feel free to also comment below and share the link to your post!

Mail Call from Thailand

Love this time of year when all the letters come shuffling in. Been trying to keep up with getting the posts up! This letter was received from Chatchai. It was dated September 30, 2011 and was received December 16, 2011.

Dear Maria,

Hello! I am Sumalee Chermue. I write on behalf of Chatchai because he is not able to write by himself yet. How are you and your family? His family and he are doing well. It is reaping corn season in his hometown and it is the rainy season also. The rain is making the reaping corn miserable. There is earth collapsing also then it is very hard to go to anywhere now. How is the weather in your country? How is your country now? At the project, he studies in the program, sings songs, listens to Jesus' story, and cleans our project's area. He is taking exam at his school now. He will take a break from school soon. He said that he will help his parents to do reaping corn in this vacation. Please pray for Thailand because many places in Thailand have been flooded now. There is earth collapsing in many places also. Finally, he said that he wishes you and your family will be happy always. God Bless you.

Love and regards,

The project's volunteer for Chatchai

Please join me in praying for Thailand and it's weather conditions - even though time has passed since the letter was written. That's the nice thing about our God, time is not a limit for Him! 

Mail Call from Dominican Republic

I apologize for being so behind on blog posts! Life has been crazy as we are wrapping up 2011 at school before winter break. It was so nice to come home from a busy day at school to a letter from my dear Yamairy from Dominican Republic. It was dated October 10, 2011 and was received on December 12, 2011.

Hello Dear Maria,

May God bless you and your family much; her family is well thank God. She is taking a lot of class in school and attends to church on Sundays. The child thanks you for the love that you give her and for the letters, stickers, and drawings. She asks, "What are you going to do this Christmas? The child asks you to pray for her family. 

Written by  Maxima (tutor) for Yamairy

Yamairy also drew me a picture of her family. I hope that next time I will see a picture with more smiles!

New Letter-Writing Tool Online

Compassion has done a fabulous job with the launch of the Letter Writing Tool on the Compassion website. I was fortunate to pilot this new tool before it went live on the web. I absolutely love how we can choose from several templates and upload pictures for our sponsor children! What an upgrade from the generic stationary!

If you haven't had the chance to write your sponsor child yet, I highly encourage you to write before October 31st so that you child will receive it in time for Christmas. Also, if you haven't given a Christmas gift to your child, please also do that before the deadline. Happy Letter Writing!

The Importance of Letter Writing

This past Friday was the monthly Virtual Letter Writing Night, which takes place the second Friday of every month. Just in time for the letter writing night, I received letters from two out of my three sponsor children. It is always a joy for me to receive their letters. Admittingly, I do feel a little disappointed when I check my mail and do not find an envelope from Compassion in the mix with all the others. I can only imagine how our sponsor children feel.

Last December, I participated in a Christmas card basket for un-sponsored Compassion children in Ecuador through Day Spring. I read about how these children are eagerly waiting to get sponsor and look sadly at the children who receive warm letters of their own. I also learned about the little ones who are sponsored, but hardly ever receive anything from their sponsors.

Philippians 2:5 says, "In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus." What kind of sponsor relationship would Jesus have with these kids? Many of us would love the opportunity to visit our children or go on a missions trip, but not all of us will get the opportunity to go. Letter-writing is our way to access another child in a poverty-stricken area to give them the good news of Jesus Christ. This is the relationship that God put on our hearts to build. The only way these children will know that there is truly a God out there who loves them, is if we show them Christ's love through the letters we write.

If you haven't already written a letter to your sponsor child, please do. You can access the stationary for a written letter here. Or you can send your child an e-mail here. Please refer to this link for general questions about letter writing. There are also letter writing tips available to you as a sponsor.

You can read more about the importance of writing to your child at the following Compassion Blog.

http://blog.compassion.com/importance-of-letters/

If you currently do not sponsor a child and would like to, please click here to look at pictures of children in need of sponsorship.

Write now and brighten your child's day! God Bless you in your letter writing!!