Yesterday, I received my first piece of mail from one of my sponsor children!!! We are so excited around here! We began sponsoring Sikelelo in May. I've written her monthly ever since. I was unsure if she was interested or able to write me, but I just kept at it. I got not only a card from her, but a handwritten letter from her that is a page long!
In her letter, she told me about herself, her family members, and her school. Her letter was beautifully and neatly written in her native SiSwati language. (She is from Swaziland.) We all feel the portion of our $34 monthly support that covers her tuition has been money well spent! The translator's copy in English was attached to it. But I will share with you what touched me the most from both her letter and her card. She wrote in her letter,
"We love you all and we will always remember you." It was signed, "God Bless you."
In the handmade card she sent, she wrote this in English,
"Happy Chistmas
God Loves You
I will pray for you everyday
I love you."
My heart is completely melted at the thought that this sweet child who has so little, loves and prays for ME, as I pray for her! God is so good to me to let me be a part of her life and a part of such an empowering ministry as Children's HopeChest provides through its sponsorship program. It brings such good things into the children's lives, and I am living proof that it does the same thing for their sponsors. :-)
If you had any idea of how good I feel, you'd be beating down the doors to contact me or www.hopechest.org to find out how you could also get involved. It is a blessing I assure you! I couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift than Sikelelo just gave me. I am eternally grateful to God for bringing us together.
In her letter, she told me about herself, her family members, and her school. Her letter was beautifully and neatly written in her native SiSwati language. (She is from Swaziland.) We all feel the portion of our $34 monthly support that covers her tuition has been money well spent! The translator's copy in English was attached to it. But I will share with you what touched me the most from both her letter and her card. She wrote in her letter,
"We love you all and we will always remember you." It was signed, "God Bless you."
In the handmade card she sent, she wrote this in English,
"Happy Chistmas
God Loves You
I will pray for you everyday
I love you."
My heart is completely melted at the thought that this sweet child who has so little, loves and prays for ME, as I pray for her! God is so good to me to let me be a part of her life and a part of such an empowering ministry as Children's HopeChest provides through its sponsorship program. It brings such good things into the children's lives, and I am living proof that it does the same thing for their sponsors. :-)
If you had any idea of how good I feel, you'd be beating down the doors to contact me or www.hopechest.org to find out how you could also get involved. It is a blessing I assure you! I couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift than Sikelelo just gave me. I am eternally grateful to God for bringing us together.
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