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

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.

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.