Have you ever thought about sponsoring a child?

When we were in Ethiopia last summer we met the man who handles the orphan sponsorship program for our agency. Just last week we finally looked through the profiles of children, as a family, and chose a 9 year old Ethiopian girl who touched our hearts. She is currently living with her mom, 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Her dad died a while back and her mom has no income. She is selling everything they have to provide food for her children. They are in very desperate times. We all fell in love with this little girl and knew that we would be able to help her and her family. For $32 a month we are able to completely change her life. Her needs will be met, she will be able to go to school and enjoy things that children should get to enjoy. We wrote her a letter and sent her a picture of our family. We can't wait to hear back from her. The kids wanted to sponsor more than one and at one point while we were reading the profiles, Hunter teared up and said, "I really think we need to adopt again". Of course the tears then came for me and I understood his sensitive heart. There are so many children who have absolutely nothing, not one toy to play with, little food to eat and nowhere soft to sleep. This hit home for our kids. We are so blessed and I'm glad that we are able to help this precious girl on the other side of the world. If sponsoring a child is something you are interested in I posted a link on my sidebar.