But with Compassion letters and the five children we sponsor, getting the mail can be like Christmas morning! Like today! We were away for a few days camping with some friends and came home to find two things from two of our kids.
The first one - we got a new picture of our newest addition, Guntur. Here he is -
He looks so little! He's 6 years old. We've only been sponsoring him for about 2 months and so we have only received one letter. He's so precious!
The other thing we got today was a letter from Mesay, our boy in Ethiopia. Mesay is very close in age to our son Matthew. They are both 13. I have thought for some time that Mesay may be a bit developmentally delayed. His letters always include the prayer for him to be a "smarter student". The letter today shows a tremendous amount of improvement in his understanding and he responded directly to a letter that I had written to him.
What was most interesting about this letter is that it included, for the first time, a copy of his report card.
I am greatly encouraged that he has now progressed a grade. I can only imagine what a life Mesay would have as a developmentally delayed boy in Ethiopia - WITHOUT COMPASSION. His letter says that he wants to be a doctor. What a wonderful thing it is that he actually has dreams and has hope. I am so proud that he is sticking to school, even though it is obviously very challenging for him. I think I'll send him some stickers!
2 comments:
I think it's great that Compassion has been including educational progress reports. I didn't know they did that until I read posts from folks that have mentioned them. Is this standard for Compassion, or just in some areas, I wonder...?
I've been a sponsor for over 5 years and this is a first for me. Both of my Ethiopian children are the ones whom I have received these reports from. I have received letters with handwritten notes about their grades, but never the actual copy. I am sure that these differences are from how the individual countries run their programs.
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