Compassion Family: Mail Call Monday

Monday, July 15, 2013

Mail Call Monday

I love getting letters from our sponsored kids and get especially excited when the envelope feels thicker than usual. Last Friday I had two cream envelopes in my mailbox and one was thick and stiff....

I tore it open to find a family photo of our sponsored child in Indonesia - Jerry. Several months ago I wrote to all our kids and mentioned how I would love to have a photo of their family. I asked, if at all possible, could they send me one. I've received a couple now, and each one is precious to me.

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Another favorite part of getting letters is seeing the pictures some of our kids draw for us. We have several talented artists that we sponsor. Both of my girls love drawing, so this is a fun way for them to connect with our sponsored kids.

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Lian - age 8 - Colombia

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Ruth - age 5 - Bolivia

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Luis - age 15 - El Salvador

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Josseling - age 16 - Nicaragua

Have you received any letters, photos or drawings from your kids lately?

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Thanks to Michelle at Blogging From the Boonies for creating Mail Call Monday!

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Jenny · 611 weeks ago

Such a cute family photograph!

You have some talented children - those drawings are beautiful! x

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berry31 64p · 611 weeks ago

Wow!! What beautiful drawings!!! I love them!! And what a treasure to receive a photo of Jerry's family. I plan on asking my kids for family photos in the future--I had never thought of that! But the two photos that I do have of my kids' families are precious!!

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yvonnelreynolds 51p · 611 weeks ago

What a great idea to ask for a family photo! I am going to have to do that in my next letters to my kids. And I love the drawings!

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Crystal · 611 weeks ago

I never thought to ask for a family shot, will have to do that soon.

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Sarah · 611 weeks ago

I haven't asked for a family photo. I thought family might feel awkward/guilty if they didn't have a camera to take one (like they're receiving from me and can't give what I'm asking for). I've read that in some projects, families don't even get to see the picture that we as sponsors are sent (I guess making a copy would be so expensive), but I'm really glad it's working for you and you're getting the photos; I'd love to have some of my kids' families too.

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fiddlejill 88p · 611 weeks ago

I had a very similar conversation in my head, but decided to just ask and see what happened. I made it very clear that while I would love to see what their family looks like, I understood if sending a photo wasn't possible. I'm assuming the photos I have received have been taken by someone at the Compassion project. Whenever I get a new photo of a child, I send one of the smaller ones or the bookmark I get to them. Maybe we only get that here in the US....we get a large photo, 3 small ones and 2 bookmarks.

I don't think it hurts to ask or to at least express a desire to know what their family members look like.

Matthew 25:31-46
Don't be a goat! Sponsor a child today.
www.compassion.com/jillfoley

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Sharon · 611 weeks ago

I've had the same hesitation about asking for photos - I know pictures are hard to come by for families in developing countries, and I figure, if they even have a family photo of themselves at all, I'd hate to be in the position of asking them to part with a treasure! But now I've heard enough stories of people who've done this, and gotten photos, that I think I may try it. Maybe I'll tell them that I can send a copy of the photo back to them?

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fiddlejill 88p · 611 weeks ago

I think you could even specify that if someone at the Compassion project could take their family photo, you would love to have one. But sending a copy back is a great idea.

Matthew 25:31-46
Don't be a goat! Sponsor a child today.
www.compassion.com/jillfoley

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Sarah · 611 weeks ago

I had a letter from my Junior in Haiti last week. His younger brother's broken his arm and been told to exercise it, but it still won't heal.

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fiddlejill 88p · 611 weeks ago

So sad...I'll be praying for healing for him. I didn't mention that Josseling's letter reported her cousin had died. She was very close to her - like a sister. I don't know what happened, but I could tell Josseling was very sad.

Matthew 25:31-46
Don't be a goat! Sponsor a child today.
www.compassion.com/jillfoley

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Sharon · 611 weeks ago

Just wanted to say thanks for keeping up this blog! I refer to it over and over, especially the letter writing ideas and the country expert posts.

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fiddlejill 88p · 611 weeks ago

Thank you for telling me....sometimes I wonder how useful this space is. I was thinking I might update the country expert posts someday soon. I'm not sure I even finished them all.

Matthew 25:31-46
Don't be a goat! Sponsor a child today.
www.compassion.com/jillfoley

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compassionjuli 32p · 610 weeks ago

Love the artwork and the photo is priceless! I actually had the thought, too, that they have probably parted with the only photo they had of themselves. When I saw Josue again in Haiti (who had completed his sponsorship 10 years ago) -- he gave me a beautiful photo of his little daughter that he took out of his wallet to give me. I knew he didn't have any others of her at that age and tried with all my might to refuse it so he could keep it, but in typical fashion of these precious people, he wanted me to have it. I will always cherish it, of course, but have been afraid to ask for any from other families! Maybe you could scan it and return the photo to them in a letter (with Compassion's template) so you will both have it to cherish. Your copy looks like it had been pinned up on their wall perhaps. It's wonderful! Maybe we could request it like this: "If you have a photo of your family I would love to see it -- I could scan it to return a copy to you if you'd like."

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fiddlejill 88p · 610 weeks ago

The holes you see are actually from the staple that was holding it to my letter. I got 3 photos from them in the letter and they look very staged - like they were taken for the purpose of sending them to me. Another family photo I received from Lian in Colombia was printed onto the back of her letter, so I know it's a copy for me.

Matthew 25:31-46
Don't be a goat! Sponsor a child today.
www.compassion.com/jillfoley

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