Comments on: How I found my friend

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:34:58 +0000

Our son started college at a time when his father was having health problems and was out of work for a couple of years. We couldn’t afford to give him much spending money, so he made friends among fellow students who could be counted on to invite him to stay to dinner. The most hospitable of those friends were from India (and are still among his closest friends). When I heard a CFCA presentation and saw that an Indian girl named Annelakshmi needed a sponsor, I decided this was the time to “repay” India for helping MY son.

By: Sue Zins

Sue Zins — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:38:56 +0000

We were in Guatemala on an awareness trip and decided we wanted to sponsor a child and Emerson was chosen for us . We met him the next day with his mom and it was so wonderful but very overwhelming for them at first. This past January, my husbnad Mike and I returned to San Lucas and reunited with Emerson and his mom and new baby sister. It was love again at first sight. He had become so self assured and funny and bright!! It was his 5th birthday so we had a celebration.!! We also got to meet our daughter’s sponsored child and his family who traveld by bus 90 min. to meet us. It was such a spirit filled trip. We hope to go back again in Jan. 2011.

By: Rosemary T.

Rosemary T. — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:30:17 +0000

This is a beautiful story too

By: Tina Rodriquez

Tina Rodriquez — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:11:30 +0000

After having two sons and a miscarriage early on, my husband and I decided to have a little girl and there she was (at our church). Four year old Blanca-Julissa from Nicaragua. She and my youngest son are only 2 weeks apart. They even call her ‘their’ sister. It’s really life changing knowing we are making a difference in her life. We love writing and receiving letters.
We plan on visiting her when she’s older.

By: Linda Guthrie

Linda Guthrie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:39:07 +0000

It was the shoes!. They were bright blue sandals, way too large for such a little girl. She looked like such a waif. After sponsoring Keyling for about a year I was able to visit her in Nicargua, where I met her hard working grandmother, who unknown to anyone was quite ill. It wasn’t till I got home and weeks later someone I was showing my pictures to noticed that grandmother had on the same shoes. By that time I had already received word that that Keyling’s beloved grandmother had passed away.

By: Allie K.

Allie K. — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:50:01 +0000

My mom works for CFCA and during one of our school breaks my sister and I were volunteering in Child Services. My sponsored child had recently left the program, so my mom asked Child Services if they could pull some folders for me to look through so I could pick a new sponsored friend. When it came time for me to pick, I looked at the first folder on the large pile and there she was. Her name is Allison, like me, and she’s from Costa Rica. Over my spring break my mom and I are going on a Mission Awareness Trip to Costa Rica, hopefully we’ll get to meet Allison!

By: Mary Ferrara

Mary Ferrara — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:06:18 +0000

We picked little Karla in Mexico because she has curly hair like my sister. We love writing to her and praying for her. What a wonderful way to connect with someone from a different culture!