October 26, 2011
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something good, at last
I feel like I've been a hub for bad or melancholy news lately. Been sad about my friend with cancer, I have this horrible cold and it is worrying me, I've missed a lot of work and Turkish class, AND my Grandma's 1st anniversary of her death was yesterday. BUT I've already cried and whined enough on here so 'two tears in a bucket'....
I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself and finally sponsor a child.
She is 11 years old and lives in the Philippines, one of my favorite countries. She likes school and wants to be a teacher when she grows up....awwwwwhhhh. :0 The photo I tried to save from the website did not work, so more later. I can't wait to get a letter!!!!
Also, because I am a mastermind, this will be the gift that keeps giving back to me too. 1,000 frequent flyer miles to start, 200 more each month, plus the matching funds because I am charging my monthly gift to my Airmiles credit card, muw ha ha ha ha ha! You will be mine, free flight, oh yes, you will be mine!
Strangely, though I am gathering and hording flyer miles, I have no future trip to save for/look forward to. I better get on top of that. Turkey? Iceland? Grand Canyon? hhmmmmm.....
Comments (2)
You, me, Turkey, what more could you want? Oh yeah, Kyohei can come too.
Kudos to you! The oldest girl that I sponsor, I started sponsoring when she was 11. Now she's 15, almost 16! How time flies.
I suggest that you start writing to her now. The letters take a while (at least 3 weeks, sometimes more) to get to your child. I write to my girl in Ecuador 1-2x/month, and I get a letter or 2 from her about every month (though she is only required to correspond with me 4x/year). The child I sponsor in South Africa lives in a more rural area and it takes longer to correspond. So while I may write to her each month, I only hear back from her every other month or so.
But even if you aren't hearing from your child as often, keep writing. It will help you build a connection. I also try to include some realia in my letters, an appropriate magazine clipping, comic strip, bookmark, postcard, stickers, etc.
Happy writing!
@Saferia - Oh! Those are super writing tips. I just got my packet with her info in it this weekend. I hope to get a letter out this week.
I'm going through Child Fund International. I'm not sure if there is a time requirement to visit. There probably should be. I'm not planning on being back in Japan any time in the next year though, so I'm not going to worry about it too much. I'm pretty sure that would be when I would go. It is so fast and cheap to fly directly to Manila from Osaka, you know?
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