What to write in a christmas card to a sponsored child
Letter from Sponsor Child and Christmas Card to Send - Sponsor Child Updates Ep. 39
hi guys so I'm here to do a sponsor
child update video I received a letter
from France Lea and it has another new
picture and so my question has been
answered now because as you know the
last picture I got from her excuse me
was her with the Easter gifts that I
sent and I could not remember if the
Easter gifts were sent to my previous
sponsor child George leaves or if I had
actually sent them to France Lea because
I had already sent a package to George
Lea's before I received word that excuse
me that her family had left the
community and that I would no longer be
sponsoring her and they had asked me
like a while after that they had
received the package I had sent her and
they had asked me if I would like to
donate it to a child within that
community or would they like or would I
like them to forward the gift on to my
new sponsor child so I asked them to
forward it on to my new sponsor child so
the last letter in picture I received
she was holding the Easter gift and I
couldn't for the life of me remember if
that was the gift that they had
forwarded onto her or if I had actually
sent it directly to her like to her
community excuse me so the question has
now been answered because with this
letter she is actually holding the
Christmas gift that I had sent your
Jalees if you guys remember that video I
can link to it if you guys want
in the description but it had like you
know all the peanuts
stuff like the pen the notebook the
socks and all that stuff for Christmas
so obviously that was the package that
did not make it to George Lee's and they
forwarded on to France Lee so I guess
somehow it took a while to get forwarded
on to her so she received it after the
Easter gift that I had already sent well
hello hello Riley so here she is holding
those gifts and she of course she wrote
a letter and it's in Spanish
and so this is the translated version
and for some reason it's not focusing
okay there we go it says hello dear
sponsor thanks for remembering me I
really liked your gift the chocolates
the notebooks and the pen because
they're very useful I'm going to school
I like to write and color with my
classmates I'd like to know what you
like and if you'd like to color I say
goodbye with lots of affection hoping
that you are doing fine from France
Lee's so so that was really cool to
receive so now I know exactly what
happened there with that package right
Radley then the other thing I received
in the mail from World Vision Riley your
tail is like right on top of this oh my
goodness can you scooch over okay there
he goes okay so basically I received a
Christmas card that I can sign and send
to Georgia leaves so it says World
Vision Christmas memories
police fiestas which I guess is like
Mariano Feliz Navidad is Christmas so
I'm not sure anyone that's Spanish out
there please please tell me so as you
can see on the back it shows the
nativity scene and then you open it up
and it is a memory card game with
Christmas theme so it's about angels not
sure what this is I think it's maybe one
of the gifts that the wise men bring and
the trunk and then there's a sheep
we've got Mary the star donkeys I
believe this is Joseph and then the
three wise men and more of their gifts
camels and baby Jesus so it's like a
memory match card game so I can send
that to her for Christmas and then they
also sent this brochure talking about
the special gift that you can send to
your sponsor child and I've known about
this for some time now I just haven't
really been in a position to do it yet
but I really would like to do it at some
point
with friends leaves because I never got
a chance to do it with you or Julie's
excuse me and so for those who are
wondering what the special gift is I
thought I would read about it so
basically it says you can do even more
for your sponsor child this Christmas by
sending a special gift now as I have
known about this before it's not just a
Christmas
you can do this at any time of the year
as a child sponsor so it says for $100
or more you can help your child and his
or her family get what they need most
from something as simple as a soccer
ball to something as important as school
tuition so this is an example for
thirteen-year-old Mike in Zambia an
extra gift meant the chance to chase his
dream to be a pilot when Mike sponsor
sent him a special gift his family used
it to pay his school fees and buy him a
new school uniform and because another
child in Mike's town received a special
gift of over $200 from her sponsor the
community was able to purchase a hundred
and eighty goats for milk now when Mike
goes to class in his new uniform and
with a full stomach he is able to
concentrate on his studies all of this
brings Mike one step closer to
accomplishing his dream I'm very
thankful for my sponsor because of the
heart he has is Mike he has a heart of
giving when you send a special gift to
your sponsor child you're doing so much
more than providing him or her with what
they need you are also empowering your
child with a brighter future so
basically here's the details of how it
works so local local world vision staff
will meet with your sponsor child and
their family to determine the best
possible gift they so basically okay
they didn't explain the one part so you
have to make your gift has to be at
least a hundred dollars so say you
donate a hundred dollars as a special
gift your sponsor child so then what
happens like I said is the world vision
staff meet with your sponsor Child and
Family determine the best possible gift
which basically means they just decide
what is gonna be done with the funds so
then they use the funds you've provided
to purchase that gift and you'll receive
a thank-you letter from your sponsor
child and a photo showing how your gift
is making a difference now this is the
explanation why do we ask for a gift of
$100 or more you're a gift of $100 or
more enables our staff to provide
something that your sponsor child
earnest his or her family need really
needs it also helps ensure proper
stewardship of our staffs time and
resources any amount you send up to $200
will go to healthcare sponsor child and
his or her family now it says here 25%
of each gift under $200 and all amounts
in excess of $200 are allocated towards
a gift or activity that also benefits
other children in the community so
that's basically how they do it and um
so it's kind of like a way to help your
child get you know something that they
need or want and basically you will get
like this little thing that will have
like a thank you letter and a gift
showing what they bought and yeah so
it's it's really a cool thing I'd like
to do it eventually um I just haven't
been able to do it yet but I do hope to
soon so anyways that's the sponsor child
update for today and I am most likely
going to be
getting together the Christmas gift to
send in probably the next couple of
weeks I'm gonna try to probably get it
out the first week of November in hopes
that it makes it there on time for
Christmas I don't know it it's always
hard to know exactly how far in advance
to send gifts I wouldn't be surprised if
most of the time I guess end up there
after the birthday or Christmas or
whatever just because it's really hard
to know exactly how long it takes you
know I I usually send airmail excuse me
my voice is going um I usually send by
airmail and that according to what can
of Post tells me takes about one to two
weeks to get to its destination but its
destination is not France Lee's house
it is the World Vision's office for that
community or actually it's like I don't
know if it's just for the community or
just like the World Vision office for
all of Nicaragua I'm not really sure but
it goes to like one name location and so
they have to sort through all of that
mail and then they have to translate
your letter into Spanish and then they
have to deliver or forward all of that
on to your sponsor child's home so I
don't really know how long that process
is so I know that
mail wise it's gonna take at least two
weeks to get to the office in Nicaragua
but from that point on I don't know how
long the process is until it makes it to
my sponsor child so I kind of try to
usually like send two months in advance
but sometimes I'll do like a little over
a month in advance at the latest but I
don't really know if it makes it there
in time honestly
so I don't know if it's something that I
could inquire about by calling World
Vision just just like get a general idea
of how long it usually takes I have
never tried that or just like I don't
know maybe asking in a letter like did
they get it in time like did they get it
for Christmas order to come after I
don't know like I'm not really sure how
to go about finding out that information
or if anyone like really knows because
it probably just it may vary depending
on the amount of mail they have to sort
through like I'm sure there's some
points where there's less mail and other
times where there's more so I don't
really know but that's kind of I I
generally do like two months in advance
or at least a little over a month in
advance so anyways guys thanks for
watching this update and I hope you
enjoyed it and we'll see you next time
bye guys
