Back in October this grabbed my attention. I had seen their previous awareness campaign showing how one girl went from a smiling birthday through war and refugee by her next birthday. I looked at the pictures, but nothing came from it. But in October it changed. We had recently had a meeting at our church to call a new pastor to lead us. One of the names listed was a pastor serving in Malawi, so as I was flipping through pictures I figured I see who was listed for Malawi. I wanted a girl around 6 or 7 since M is that age. Esther in her blue shirt and sad eyes caught my attention.
This week we received our first letter from Malawi. Esther lives with her aunt and uncle. She is in first grade there. She just turned 8 last week and M is getting ready to turn 7. Her aunt wrote a little bit about their farm and Esther's favorite parts of school. They are Christian, so I tell them we are praying for them and wrote back about M's school Christmas play.
Also this week we sponsored Mawupemo in Togo through Compassion. Her birthday is about 2 weeks before Pudge's. Since Compassion doesn't work in Malawi, I searched their girls in Africa that are Pudge's age born in February. There were several, but I was drawn to Mawupemo and her picture reminds me so much of Pudge. Pudge loves wearing dresses and loves shoes. Mawupemo had been waiting 319 days for a sponsor, so it's possible she was enrolled just before her 4th birthday and got a sponsor for Christmas and close to her 5th birthday. It's sad she had to wait so long, but I hope that our frequent letters make up for the wait. Due to the processing time required, we sent out a birthday card to her this week.
We also signed up to correspond with Santosh. He is a young man living in India. For whatever reason, his financial sponsor is unable to write to him, so I will write to him instead. At first I was apprehensive about writing to him since our other kids are so young. But I am sure this will be a wonderful thing for all of us. So now we have friends in Africa and India to pray for and encourage.
This week we received our first letter from Malawi. Esther lives with her aunt and uncle. She is in first grade there. She just turned 8 last week and M is getting ready to turn 7. Her aunt wrote a little bit about their farm and Esther's favorite parts of school. They are Christian, so I tell them we are praying for them and wrote back about M's school Christmas play.
Also this week we sponsored Mawupemo in Togo through Compassion. Her birthday is about 2 weeks before Pudge's. Since Compassion doesn't work in Malawi, I searched their girls in Africa that are Pudge's age born in February. There were several, but I was drawn to Mawupemo and her picture reminds me so much of Pudge. Pudge loves wearing dresses and loves shoes. Mawupemo had been waiting 319 days for a sponsor, so it's possible she was enrolled just before her 4th birthday and got a sponsor for Christmas and close to her 5th birthday. It's sad she had to wait so long, but I hope that our frequent letters make up for the wait. Due to the processing time required, we sent out a birthday card to her this week.
We also signed up to correspond with Santosh. He is a young man living in India. For whatever reason, his financial sponsor is unable to write to him, so I will write to him instead. At first I was apprehensive about writing to him since our other kids are so young. But I am sure this will be a wonderful thing for all of us. So now we have friends in Africa and India to pray for and encourage.
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| Mawupemo in Togo |
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| Santosh in India |
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