Sponsorship grows a family — in more ways than one
“My favorite thing about being sponsored is that I’ve got someone who cares about me,” Deshimo says. “It is the best thing I’ve ever had in my life.” Deshimo is especially grateful to be a sponsored child because he vividly remembers how life used to be. One of seven...
Fresh ideas for celebrating Easter with your sponsored child
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve always loved celebrating Easter. It’s a special time of year with flowers blooming, warmer weather, colored eggs, beautiful pastels, and images of the Christian Easter season. Of course, since Easter falls in the springtime, it is...
Sponsorship plants seeds of faith
“And other seeds fell into good soil, and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.” — Mark 4:8, ESV Paul and Margaret Hoesterey know a little something about planting seeds. Paul has spent years working at a...
Send a special Valentine’s Day message to your sponsored child
“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13, NIV) When you become a child sponsor, you help transform a child’s present and future. You provide essentials he or she would never have been able to afford —...
On the ground in Guatemala: The power of sponsorship
When 6 a.m. comes in America, many kids are just beginning to stir and get ready for the school day. They brush their teeth, eat a full breakfast, and put on clean clothes. But in impoverished countries like Guatemala, children are often up early for a different...
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