Ishimwe.  We have been involved with Compassion International since about 1990.  Our first sponsor child was in Ecuador and his name was Walter.  During the several years we sponsored him we discovered that his desire was to become an auto mechanic which is what my husband does.  We began to pray that he would have the opportunity for the training necessary and that a door would be open for him to do this with his life.  We learned after a few years that every letter we had written him, every strip of stickers we had sent, every post card, every picture were all safely kept in a photo album under his bed.  They were his "treasures".  We learned so much from our relationship with Walter and although he is a grown man living somewhere in his country fixing cars, we have no contact now.  But I still think of Walter and pray for him from time to time.  Through the years we have sponsored several other children.  I believe this new one makes 12.  I opened up the page and stared at the faces of those sweet children so in need of the most basic things like clean water, education, and Jesus.  "How can I pick, Father?" I prayed. That is always the hardest part.  How do you choose?  But as I looked through the pictures a face seemed to be familiar and I knew she was the one.  So I signed up for this girl. Ishimwe is her name.  I only know her birthday, name, age and a little about her country and her home life. I will learn more as the years go by and I hear from her and send her our love. I cannot wait to write her a letter and send her some stickers and book marks and remind her that God created her with a purpose and a plan for her life for good.  

If you are not involved with a sponsorship group there are a few really good ones out there.  Compassion is at the top of the list in my opinion.  Check them out.  The sacrifice you make to sponsor one of these children is worth the effort. I promise you.  If you take the time to write you will find that you get more out of this than any money you put into it.  I encourage you to consider it, check out their website compassion.com and start sponsoring a child today.