Send a valentine to your sponsored child
Do you remember celebrating Valentine’s Day at school as a child? I certainly do. My classmates and I would zip around the room with bags of valentines, dropping one into each person’s decorated shoebox. At the end of the day, we’d all turn over the boxes, dump out...
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...
4 ways to engage with your sponsored child’s culture
Your sponsored child has a lot of things in common with most kids. They love to play games. They love to hear stories, and just like you, they probably have a favorite holiday. But because your sponsored child lives far away, it can sometimes feel difficult to connect...
Auntie Tabitha’s journey
Larissa wraps Tabitha’s long, black hair slowly around a warm curling iron. The strong bond between the two women is obvious as they laugh and share stories. No one would guess they had just met for the first time. And yet, they have known each other for years....
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.