Children Receive Christmas Letters in Uganda
POSTED ON Jan 23, 2012
The Ugandan children were excited to get letters from their sponsors, and equally excited to write back. If you write a letter to your sponsored child, they will always write you back!
Sharon, from our full-care program, helped a young child from the Village Partnership Program write back to her sponsor.
Sponsors also sent small gifts in envelopes. Andy helped Mercy open her package.
Thanks for the letters!
Just after Christmas, Children of the Nations (COTN) staff members Andy and Sylvia Taussig loaded up hundreds of pounds of mail and gifts, and headed off to Uganda for a special Christmas delivery. This year they had more mail than ever before—hundreds of sponsors responded to the call to send a personalized Christmas card to their sponsored child.
In addition to all the cards were hand-written notes from members of Flood Church in California, who organized a letter writing campaign this Christmas for all the children who didn't get letters from their sponsors. Many sponsors had sent small gifts as well—gum, stickers, photos, and other trinkets small enough to fit into an envelope.
Once safely in Uganda, Andy and Sylvia and the COTN–Uganda staff began the exciting process of handing out mail, and helping the children write back to their sponsors. For many children, this card was the first letter they had ever received from their sponsor. And thanks to Flood Church, every single child got a card. Some families walked a long way to pick up their cards, so our staff was relieved to have a personal note for every single child. The excitement was palpable as they opened them.
After the children marveled over their cards, treasured and showed off every photo, and read and re-read the messages inside, they set to work writing back.
This was an enormous task, but the older children from the Uganda Children's Village were glad to help. They patiently sat down with each village child, and helped them read, understand, and reply to their letters. "It was an exciting day for everyone," says Sylvia.
Your letters mean so much to your children. Find out how to write your sponsored child today!
Or, if you don't sponsor a child yet, today is the day to sign up to sponsor a child, and make a lasting impact on their life.