Thursday, May 31, 2012

Little Abner


I just love this little guy!


Since I became Abner's correspondent sponsor back in October, I have received 3 letters from him. It seems to take about 2 months for his letters to arrive in my mailbox. Abner is the little guy who lives in Colombia and has a parrot named Rebeca.


So after being gone for a week, I was so excited with a new letter from Abner! There were 2 pages! The first page was on typical Compassion stationery and it says:

"Dear Yvonne:

I greet you in the love of the Lord hoping that you are enjoying good health. I want to tell you that I have lots of fun in the project with my teachers and I do nice things; I made a snowflake and I am learning to dance, drama, and folklore music. In drama we are working in our emotions and about our daily activities.

I thank you for your letter and the beautiful pictures. I had a nice birthday, I had a great time and ate cake. I received a heavy duty truck and a couple of toy limousines too.

I pray for all of you that God blesses you more each day.

I now say goodbye with a strong hug hoping that God blesses you always."

OK, so reading this almost makes me want to cry! But imagine my surprise when I looked on the next page and saw a picture of Abner smiling!



This next page says:

"This is me one day with my brothers and we are playing. We took a lot of pictures and this was one of them.

This is the mascot of our house. Her name is Rebeca. We had talked about her before. I hope you like it. I love her dearly.

On a good day, I will see if I can send one of everyone in my family, for now I send a hug and kisses. God Bless You. Thank you very much."

Recently, I was blessed with the opportunity to send a package for Abner with another sponsor who was traveling to Colombia to visit her Compassion kids. I know Abner loves to draw and I can't wait for him to receive the colored pencils I sent to him.

One day I pray that I will have the opportunity to visit one of our Compassion kids. Sometimes I am overwhelmed with how important these kids have become in my life. We pray for each one of them daily and send them all at least one letter each month. I pray they realize what a blessing they are to my life, knowing that one day, we will all be rejoicing together in heaven!

6 comments:

  1. What a sweet letter......and I love the extra pictures!

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    1. I completely agree! Just loved his letter and the pictures!

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  2. When I read the sentence about how you were overwhelmed, I knew immediately what you are feeling. I am 23 years old, with no children of my own. I have absolutely no real idea what it feels like to be a mother. But, getting letters from, writing letters to, and thinking about my sponsored children is the closest thing to motherly love I've ever felt. My heart just aches for me!

    What a wonderful letter from Abner. And those pictures! What a cutie!

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    1. Their letters always touch my heart, as I am sure they do yours too. Just wait until you have your own children. Being a sponsor is just a glimpse for you of what it is like to love someone so unconditionally!

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  3. Isn't it amazing how these little people are knit into our hearts and become FAMILY? Ronald just arrived in our sponsor file as a correspondent child and each one of my girls just melted at the news. I put him as the desktop picture to surprise them.

    Thank you for sharing the letter. It is precious. We haven't heard from any of our kids since January ~ four of them are new, and CI is checking on the other two.

    with joy...

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    1. What a fun surprise for your girls about Ronald! Hope you receive some great letters soon... :o)

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