Comments on: Sponsor provides tips on how to write letters, part 2 http://blog.cfcausa.org/2011/04/28/sponsor-provides-tips-on-how-to-write-letters-part-2/ Fri, 24 May 2013 14:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) http://blog.cfcausa.org/2011/04/28/sponsor-provides-tips-on-how-to-write-letters-part-2/#comment-2892 Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) Mon, 02 May 2011 21:22:15 +0000 http://blog.cfcausa.org/?p=6738#comment-2892 Thank you for your recent comment, Ann; we appreciate your care and eagerness to start writing your sponsored friend.

The first letter from your sponsored friend can take up to four months to arrive. After the first letter arrives, mail to your sponsored friends usually takes six to eight weeks to reach its destination. A response letter from your sponsored friend will take approximately the same amount of time to reach you.

The reason letters can take so long is that many of the communities we serve are in remote areas and often are not accessible by vehicle. Transporting and delivering the letters is a lengthy process.

The letters are sorted and translated at the main project office, taken to the correct subproject and then delivered to the community where your friend lives. If your friend is not home, then the social worker must try to deliver the mail on a different day since they do not have mailboxes or telephones.

If you received your labels in early February, then your first letter should be arriving shortly. Please donít hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions. Thank you and have a blessed day.

~Sponsor Services

]]> By: Ann W http://blog.cfcausa.org/2011/04/28/sponsor-provides-tips-on-how-to-write-letters-part-2/#comment-2891 Ann W Sun, 01 May 2011 14:29:35 +0000 http://blog.cfcausa.org/?p=6738#comment-2891 How long does is generally take to get a letter through to the program in Costa Rica? I began sponsoring a girl in January and sent a letter as soon as I got my mailing labels (early February). I have since sent a second letter (that I had translated by a young friend from El Salvador – hoping to speed things up and save the project some extra work). Not receiving any reply makes me concerned that she might not be receiving my letters. Perhaps I should be more patient?

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