Children International

[Mexibilly]

I began sponsoring Jocelyn, a 9 year old from the Philippines, 10 years ago. I, and then my wife, exchanged letters with her for nearly a decade.
She has graduated from the program now at 18, and I received the first of what I hope to be many Facebook messages from her a few days ago. We've been messaging and she is responsibly engaging and directing her future now, studying and testing to be a caregiver for MR/DD individuals.
The most awesome feeling was to get a message from this young lady that I got to see grow up from a child. My wife and I don't have children (3 dogs and 3 cats), and so never experienced watching a little human develop into a grown up human firsthand. What we did experience was very cool though. We have a new young lady, Lorelei, 10 years old now, we began sponsoring when Jocelyn graduated.
That's all. Just feeling good...

 

[iijakii]

Glad to hear she's doing well. What all does the sponsorship entail?

 

[DU99]

You made a difference to someone in the world.. should be proud

 

[Mexibilly]

Glad to hear she's doing well. What all does the sponsorship entail?

$28/month auto withdrawal from checking, writing letters back and forth, exchanging pictures...
Lorelei drew a picture of how she pictures us (no picture exchange yet) standing beside a food truck after I told her Jennifer would like to own/operate one some day.
We have at least 6 pictures of Jocelyn through the years with our others in the living room. There's one of Lorelei but I've not sent her any yet. It's on my todo list

 

[Mexibilly]

You made a difference to someone in the world.. should be proud

Humble before proud if I can help it