Category: Compassionate Partners

We recently asked sponsors to submit funny lines from letters their sponsored children sent. We hope these responses make you smile!

When Rebecca came home from her trip to Uganda, she decided to take on a bigger role in the fight against poverty. How was she going to do it? She would start by picking up a paint brush.

"The center helped me become the person I am today," says Darling. "I learned the most important thing at the center… to love God above all else and to put my faith in Him because He will make a way." Learn how Darling’s faith carried her over obstacles and through a journey that helped break the cycle of poverty in her life.

Love has no limits, and motherhood extends beyond biology. This Mother’s Day, we honor women who love extravagantly despite unfathomable obstacles — women like Nadia, who was faced with a terrifying situation when she heard cries in the Rwandan bush.

May 5, 2022, is the National Day of Prayer. Join us as we thank God for his provision. Pray with us for the needs in our country and ministry to children in poverty around the world.

As we remember World Malaria Day on April 25, we honor Amina and her powerful story. "What happened to me should never happen to any other mother," says Amina. "If it wasn’t for this center and the church, I was going to lose these babies, too."

"We started the business with bigger intentions — so we could do more good than we could do on our own," says Katie. Check out these beautiful necklaces (just in time for Mother’s Day) and learn the powerful meaning behind them.

Here are the top ways materialism can end up in our letters to the children we sponsor — and what to write about instead.

Children in Latin America and the Caribbean share what they wish their sponsors knew and how much their words, prayers and gifts mean to them.