Sharing & Caring

I look back and it is amazing, 8 years have passed by and I thank Andrea for letting me be part of her life. I was lonely and wanted to make my life more meaningful and purposeful. Didn’t know what I really wanted to do, I thought maybe I will adopt a child, ya that sounds very strange out of the blue. Any way I started browsing the internet and came across this web site, called Children International. I was so shocked and moved by the stories and the little faces I saw on the site. I couldn’t believe you can sponsor a child just for $20 a month. I felt very small and ashamed at myself and our society and the human race, here I am spending just like that more than $20/- a month for coffee and things I don’t even remember or use. And on the other side of the world, the same $20/- can provide Food, Water & Shelter to a child. I was so ashamed and had a very restless night. I didn’t know where to begin how to resolve this. Slowly I can to the realization all that I can do is do what is in my capacity. The very next day I logged on to my laptop and started to look for a little face which will touch me, and there she was Andrea 5 yrs so cute. She lives in Guatemala with her parents and 2 siblings. The family’s entire income is $145 per month. I was amazed how a family of 5 could live in that income. I immediately signed up into the program and sponsored her. It has been 8 yrs., she is now a teenager and I am amazed when I receive her picture and a letter from her every year. Somewhere deep in my heart I thank her and God for giving me this opportunity. It is NOT a big sacrifices or a deed that I want to boost about, but I want to emphasis the fact that each and every one of us have the responsibility to share and care for our fellow beings. Today Andrea is safe and secured and has her basic needs fulfilled, that is all she expects from this world until she can take care of herself. "Small drops of water makes the ocean, if each one of us could extend our hand there won’t be any child left behind …………….."