Juana!

This is Juana. My newest sponsor child. She is from rural Guatemala. She is a cutie patootie. She has 3 brothers and lives with her parents. I can't wait to get to know her!

Jessicas house

This is a photo of a model house in Jessica's area. The cost of this house is about $5,780.00. This doesn't include land acquisition or legal fees. This at least gives me an idea of what is needed. I was advised not to ask for the final amount from the field until closer to when money is raised because the costs are always changing. Here is the link for the page:

www.firstgiving.com/miracleforjessica

First letter from Katerine

I received my first letter from Katerine in Guatemala today. I will post what it says below. Katerine is 6, she will be 7 in May. Someone wrote this for her but not sure who. She lives with relatives, and just the other box was checked. I am a bit disappointed as it seems like a form e-mail as opposed to something personal. But hopefully when I get the direct package letter or the special needs one it will be more personal. Anyway here it is :

Dear Sponsor,
I am happy because she was chose as your sponsored child and she prays God to have a sponsor and thanks God you chose her and she thanks you for the benefits she will receive and the ones she already receives and is a nice child and she likes to play and to study and thanks to you she will go on.
This letter was written by: other

Raising $$ for a Accessable House for Jessica

I am starting to raise money for a house or an accessable apartment for Jessica in Ecuador. Her grandmother must carry her up the crooked, cement, uneven stairs to get into their tiny attic apartment. I am told the picture above doesn't really show how bad it is and how uneven it is. Jessica is 11 years old and getting bigger. I am not sure what they will do when her granmother who is tiny can no longer carry her. I am waiting to hear from CI how much it would cost but I am trying to raise money to either get her and her grandmother a house tha would be accessable for Jessica to get in and out of on her own or to beable to pay for rent for somewhere for them to go. Jessicas grandmother only makes about $30/month. As you may already know her mother passed away and her father has disappeared. All that on top of her disability and the child has had it pretty rough. If you can help in any way please use the following link:

http://firstgiving.com/miracleforjessica

I am also working on trying to get some celeb auction/raffle items that I will let you know about when it comes together. I know of 2 things coming in so far.

Meet Katherines Family!

Meet Katherine from Ecuadors family! In the photos is her sister Odalis (black t-shirt with drawing), Her Mom in the grey shirt, her brother William (red shirt with stripes), Her Father in blue T-shirt, Her sister Hilda (holding baby), her brother Carlos(black t-shirt), Jhon (her new baby brother!) and Katherine is in the pink shirt!

Lizbeth and her Direct Package!

I sent this to her back in November the day I started sponsoring her! It did not arrive to the Quito office until January 25th! And it was delivered to Lizbeth on Feb 2nd! Her mother was very happy as her message warmed my heart. Here is what Lizbeth wrote:

Dear Lisa,

Hello! I greet you with affection. I thank God that you are my sponsor. I have learned to love you. My school is very pretty. I'm in 4th grade. I want to become a nice teacher to reach little children. It was great to receive your gift. Thank you for the pretty blouse, dolls, stuffed animal, and photos. Thanks to the pretty album I was able to meet you and your family. If you want, I'll send pictures. I'd like you to come to my city Quito. Thank you for the doll you sent to my sister. Please say Hi to Kiara. I hope we can always communicate through letters. Goodbye, all my love,

Lizbeth

Meet Iris!

This is cute little Iris in Honduras!