Take this cute little girl. Please!

Devin and I have sponsored 4 children through Compassion International since June, and we are constantly blessed by it.  I really enjoy writing to all of them about what we are up to, different holidays we celebrate, and asking them all kinds of questions.  We get letters from one or more than them about once a week, and it is just really neat to hear what is going on in their lives in India.  Their pictures are on our fridge and we think about them all the time.

Maybe it is just me, but the whole getting started process is exciting when you decide to sponsor a kid.  Compassion will send you a massive envelope with what looks like an elementary school picture packet- big ones for you and small prints to share with people who will pray for your kid.  Writing to them is super easy- Compassion will send you everything you need or you can do it online.

So this year, we were asked to take on a Christmas Child in the month of December.  This means that it is our job to find someone to sponsor one child who has been on the Compassion waiting list.

SO!

I present the beautiful, precious Salma Moke!

Don't you just want to squeeze her?

Salma is 10 years old and lives with her family in Tanzania.  Don’t you know she woke up that morning and put on the most outstanding outfit she owns just for this picture?  This little girl just has no idea how one sponsor is going to rock her world.

This is what Compassion writes about the place Salma calls home:

“Across Tanzania, thousands of children like Salma face a harsh, daily struggle for survival.  Many children go for days with little or no food, or have little access to safe drinking water.  They are often sheltering in unhygienic conditions where disease, violence and abuse overshadow their lives.  No wonder many live in constant fear and danger”.

Can you even wrap your head around that?  This little girl often goes without food for days.  Think about Salma tomorrow while you are sitting down with your family to eat portion sizes that should be illegal.  And when you go around the table and rattle off general things that you’re thankful for: jobs and family and friends and food, maybe think about what Salma would say if she were sitting next to you.  Think about how genuinely thankful she would be to the people who saved her from the inevitable life in Tanzania.

Talk about perspective.

One really cool part about sponsoring our kiddos is that we never miss that money that is taken out of our account every month, and we never ever ever ever ever go without.  God really blesses us in that way, and in return, 4 kids get to go to school, are fed, are given clean drinking water, are kept safe, get to go to the doctor, and are learning about how loved they are.  They don’t have to beg, they don’t have to starve, and they don’t feel worthless or alone.

Our Compassion kids hold very very precious places in our hearts.  We are excited to watch them grow up and maybe someday we will get to go meet them.

Do me one favor…over the Thanksgiving weekend, think about sponsoring Salma, and if you’re interested or need more info, please email me (link on the left sidebar).  I have everything you need to get started.

She is going to get the BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER!

P.S.  Please send the link to my blog to your friends and family- I really want to get Salma a sponsor ASAP!