Sponsor Sunday

This Sunday's category is Church Worker. Both of these kids have a guardian who works at the church.



Esayas has been on the website for weeks which is unusual for a handicapped child.




Flabia is in the same center as Yustin, my sponsored child in Ecuador.

Summertime laziness

So summer is long gone and along with it my laziness. I DUSTING OFF MY BLOG. If you are lazy in the summer than you know what I mean. I was so lazy that when I went swimming it was only with my younger siblings in a two foot deep wadding pool. The only fun trip I took was to Tennessee for Covenant High In Christ or C.H.I.C. for short. I went to visit Liberty University in Virginia and got a personal tour from my mom's friends and a girl from my church. Everyone, it is a very nice school. I definitely want to go there for college.

Those Olympics were pretty awesome! I just wish I had taken the time to watch them. In my town there is a family who has adopted several boys from Sudan. One of their boys, Lopez Lomon is an Olympian runner. Tons of people crowded into my town's high school auditorium to watch him run on a BIG screen. Tully has shirts that say "Pride of TuLLy" because our school colors are red and black. I enjoyed writing to my Compassion children about a fundraiser Lopez held for the high school's cross country team. With a donation of ten dollars you could run a mile with Lopez Lomon. After the run, he was asked to start his book signing early. The next day Tully had a parade for one of those holidays that you have a parade and I was able to take a picture of him about to shake my little sister's hand.

World Vision

I have thought a lot about sponsoring another child. Although it is not possible yet I have decided that I would like to sponsor a child from Mongolia through World Vision. Well today I was bored so I decide to look at the World Vision site. When you first open the page they have one child's photo on the right. The child's name was Ervin and he is from Bolivia but there was a tag on his photo that said video. This little boy is so cute. Please watch his quick video.

Lapbook #1

       So I have heard several sponsors talk about "lapbooks" that they have made for their Compassion kidos. Most of the pictures I have seen, show a folded piece of paper with facts on a perticular subject.  It looked easy enough so when if came time to write to Leejoy I decided to make a lapbook. This is my first lapbook about orchids because Leejoy said they were his favorite flower.



I also included several coloring pages.



Sposor Sunday

This weeks theme "Why have they waited so long?"  I have seen several cute little kids with red hearts and wondered why they were still waiting. Usually the cute little kids get sponsored first. So why are they still waiting. If they smile they have a better chance at getting sponsored quickly. 
 This cute smiling girl is Thatyele.
http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=BR4880049



This big smiler is Rayssa.
http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=BR4150331



If they frown they have a better chance of getting sponsored quickly.

This frowny boy is Jean.
http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=PE4550485



Such a big frown on Khushboo.
http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=EI6040206

Yustin Yaritza

Yesterday I found one of those wonderful cream colored envelops in my mail box(okay, it's really my parents). And who was it from? Yustin!

Her letter was so sweet. It was short but she said that she was very happy to have a young and pretty sponsor. (She must think that flattery will get her more letters) I think it is funny when God wants you to sponsor a particular child He lets you see the child through His eyes. When I saw her picture, I could not get her out off my mind for days. I actually waited a few weeks to sponsor her because I wanted to make sure God wanted me to sponsor. I waited almost a week and a half for her to show up on my Compassion. The next Tuesday I was looking at the children on the Compassion International website (They usually post new kids on Tuesdays) again and found Yustin. I was shocked because I thought she was secured to be mine, but there she was. I immediately called Compassion and they had no explanation for me so I just sponsored her again. I always wonder if I missed God's no. If I did then HE is still blessing me with His wonderful gifts and money to sponsor  another child.

So she is called "Blessing."

Yustin's updated photo

After I sponsored her I asked for her older picture. This is the one I got. I think she was about eight in this picture. I wonder why her smile is big.

Yustin Yaritza is actually my fifth Compassion Child. Her hair is braid and rapped in ribbons in this picture. I sponsored her because I had just gotten back from a missions trip to Ecuador and again I wanted to be able to talk to someone about my experiences.  I have three adopted African-American brothers so although I was not in the area where she is from I liked her dark skin.

I was really surprised when I saw her updated photo. I think she looks older or more mature in the old picture. But I like her blue shirt (Blue is my favorite color). She still seems to have ribbons in her hair. "Hand on the Hip" kind-of girl I guess.

Sponsor Sunday

This weeks category for children to pray for to be sponsored, is Bangladesh.

This cute little boy is Bokul Borman.

http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=BD2390134


This is Joseph. Joseph is one of my favorite Bible names.

http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=BD2400126

This is Daliver. I think the name is very unique.

http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=BD5140116

This young man is Apui. He is thirteen.

http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=BD5060124

Happy Birthday Belem

I have spent my Sunday constant praying that he has a wonderful fourteenth birthday. A great day to pray without ceasing. Happy Birthday Belem Noomwende!  The oldest of my Compassion family.

(Belem's updated picture)

Sponsor Sunday

Four children that I am praying for this week to find sponsors.

http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?    needKey=CO6000485



http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=TH8090255

http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=TH3310097

http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/child-biography.htm?needKey=TH8090241

How he has grown in two years.

  

                                                                Shy to not so shy.

Belem My Third Compassion Child

       So I had waited a year and a half for God to let me sponsor another child. I came close to sponsoring a child without God's full approval, but something was not right. So I waited. After looking at pictures of Egyptian artifact, I went on the Compassion website and found a fourteen year old boy as black as coffee (Or something very dark).  I asked God if I could sponsor him and to show me by sending a letter from Compassion the next day. Well three days later I realized that I had gotten a letter the next day from Compassion asking me to sponsor an older child. I still hesitated, but it all felt right. I waited until after my church's Compassion Sunday just in case. No one compared to him and his beautiful skin.

Belem 

He is called "Patience" because I send him lost of letters and receive very few back. I just have to waite for his his long detailed letters.

Leejoy

My second sponsored child is from Thailand. I nicked- named him Leejoy because of his long, hard to say name. Leejoy was seven when I started sponsoring him and he will be turning ten this September. I sponsored Leo and Leejoy at my church's Compassion Sunday, but I did not sponsor Leejoy until I was thirteen. I wanted to sponsor another child because I felt like I had really failed with Leo and I wanted to make it up to God.
       It was all in God's hands. Over the year leading up to the Compassion Sunday, I had started to feel called to be a missionary to Thailand. After talking with my mother about sponsoring a child again, she said I had to save up a year of sponsorship before I started. Just to make me 100% responsible.
       On Compassion Sunday I was really excited. There was only one kid from Thailand though. My Leejoy. God wanted to make sure I got the right child. He was so cute even though he looked sad. Leejoy always says he wishes that we lived closer. Someday I will live in Thailand and I will get to see him. I always have my head in Thailand.

Leejoy

Leo my first Compassion child

My first Compassion child was a five year old boy from Indonesia. I talked my parents into sponsoring Leo when I was six. The idea was that I would sponsor him and pay as much as I could. When my dad  filledout the paperwork he signed his name and so the little boy never wrote to me. I was disappointed and did not do much for sponsoring him. I do not even know if I wrote to him. He was a wonderful writer though and I feel bad that I never wrote. It is like a bad dream and there is nothing I can do to make it up to Leo. He wrote about his stepfather not wanting him to attend the program anymore. Then we got a letter say his stpfather got a better job and Leo would no longer be able to attend the program. I was so sad. I lost my chance to redeem myself.

There is a first for everything

       I decided to start a blog so that I could tell people about my mission trip to Ecuador. When I came back it felt like no one wanted to hear about all eight days. They just wanted the highlights. My solution blog about my amazing eight days in Ecuador. My back up plan, sponsor a child from Ecuador.