When writing to your sponsored child, it doesn’t have to be a long letter. The most important thing is to shower your child with your love and they will blossom. One of our readers, Kathy, shares her amazing gift of encouraging words with us in a lovely sample letter she wrote to her sponsored child. With what could be ahead for many of our kids, this is a vital message of love and encouragement for them. It will need to be slightly adapted as you will see this one was written a couple of months ago… enjoy!
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Dear ______________
How are you? How is your family? What is happening in your life now? We are doing fine.
Next week is a small holiday called St. Patrick’s Day. Many white people here are descended from people who emigrated from Ireland. About 500 years after Jesus, there was a Christian man named Patrick who went to Ireland to teach the people there about Jesus. It is said that he used a common plant called a shamrock with 3 leaves to explain how God the Father, Jesus Christ the son, and the Holy Spirit are different but at the same time they are one God. It is difficult to understand this and many things that are happening in the world around us, but we will understand all things when we see Jesus face to face. Acts 1:6-10 and 2 Thessalonians 2 tell us that Jesus will return again. When I hear about the killing and persecution of Christians all over the world, I think that the return of Jesus is likely to be in our lifetime, maybe soon. Hold strongly to your faith in God and do not be afraid, even if our Lord Jesus asks you to suffer for Him. Be ready always because we do not know when Jesus will return for us. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 says: For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words. And so I encourage you to read your Bible as often as you can, my daughter. Memorize God’s words, so that if you are ever separated from your Bible then you will still have God’s words in your heart. Remember that nothing can ever separate us from His love. Nothing. I am so proud of you. I have the photos of you and your family where I can look at them every day. How happy I am to look at your lovely photos. I love you so very much. Give my loving and respectful greeting to your family also. We pray for you and your family every day, also the teachers and pastor at your project. I say goodbye for now with much love…
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THANK YOU
And once again, Kathy closed her letter with some fun family photos, knowing that our sponsored children love updated photos of us as much as we eagerly love updated photos of them. Please show your appreciation for Kathy for sharing this with us and leave her a comment.
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RELATED LINKS
Father’s Love Letter (116 languages) an intimate love letter from God to your child written as a selection of Bible verses; just beautiful; free printable
Sample Letter – Bible Treasure theme (scroll down) – so much fun and lots of cool freebies
Sample Letter: The Secret of the Missing Scrolls a fun and exciting mystery adventure for kids, bringing history to life while confirming that God says what He means and means what He says.
Sample Letter: Stretch your Wings (plus FREE Bible poster)
Sample Letter: The Lord will guide your future
Sample Letter: Trouble, Darkness, Trust
Sample Letter: God is always with you
20 Life-Giving phrases for our kids | 100 ways to encourage a child Let’s speak LIFE over our kids and point them to Jesus.
First Letter Ideas: Letters via Camels and Water Bags? for that all-important first letter; and lots of ideas for later letters to your sponsored child, too
Let’s get to work and figure out what we can send to our sponsored kids
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Thank you!
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Kathy, thank you for sharing from your heart and from your own wellspring of faith. May the importance of growing our own faith and passing it on to our children and each other be in the forefront of each day. God’s blessings over you. :)
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Note from Kathy: “I am afraid that word press will not allow me to comment nor like the comments on the page. I tried. I tried signing in and I tried password recovery and it said no way. So next time you are back there, if you think about it, you can like the comments or just say Kathy says thank you for the kind words.”
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Thank you, Kathy! What a wonderful letter! Hope all is going well for you! Jan
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Note from Kathy: “I am afraid that word press will not allow me to comment nor like the comments on the page. I tried. I tried signing in and I tried password recovery and it said no way. So next time you are back there, if you think about it, you can like the comments or just say Kathy says thank you for the kind words.”
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