Three summers ago each of the twins climbed up on my lap at the computer and picked a little boy his age in Guatemala to sponsor. Those were the heights of their Go, Diego, Go! phase, so that’s the name of the little guy Bear picked: Diego. And José picked another José who has been permanently dubbed “Otro-José” (Other-José) in our household for clarity.
In the years since, the boys have sent pictures and received pictures. When they’re a little more sure in their writing, I’ll have them write the letters, too. For now, I do that, but everything’s in their names.
We’re not the only family I know with this idea. Sponsoring children, families, and communities is a great way positively to impact at least one small part of the world and and to put a visible picture before our kids of the needs that lie outside our country.
For our kids, it just happens also to be a way to give to their own birth country.
