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June 2011
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| my first photo of Aprila |
Thankful to be able to check the mail (I have a couple pen-pals in the US) after coming home from camping, I saw a little package. How could I wait to open it until we unpacked?! So I may have torn into it and left my sister to bring stuff in. ;)
She started back at me. Kartini (she now likes to be called Aprila) from Indonesia was just precious! I fell in love with her then. Once we finally unpacked, I took the packet upstairs to my room. I read every word and wrote my first letter. I didn't quite know what to say, but I wrote anyway!
She was sent to me from God and my life has been changed because of her. Thus I call her my angel. She's just turned ten years old, and I can't imagine life without her!
Well, after her first letter came (surprisingly right after another camping trip!), I was hooked.
Stay tuned for Part 3: I Want a Friend
How fun!!! Your Aprila is a cutie...what a fun way to be introduced to Compassion!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, I know!! :) So thankful for her!
DeleteMy first sponsor child was from Indonesia too! I didn't know anything about that country before I knew Tasya....as a matter of fact, I think that before I got her info packet in the mail, I might have told a few people, out of confusion, that we had begun sponsoring a child in India! : )
ReplyDeleteI know quite a few people whose first sponsor child was from Indonesia! It's such a great country. I didn't know much about it before either, but now, I can point to the island Aprila lives on :) It's so fun to get to know these precious kids and their countries too :)
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