This letter is from Jenny's project! And the photos are from Compassion's Indonesia Flickr Album.
Dear Sponsor,
I am Paris E. B. I am the Project Director of the Child Development Center, Betlehem, which affiliates with the GMIT Betlehem in Kupang, Indonesia and is attended by your sponsored child.
Thank you for sponsoring a child.
At this center, there is a girl who can memorize more than 20 Bible verses. Together with the others she plays in a music ensemble. She plays violin. Once a month, this ensemble performs in different churches. I am very proud of watching them worship God through music. Some parents and congregations even cry when they watch their performance.
Some teenaged children study at college and work as they use the abilities they learned at the center. One girl is studying at college. She is also teaching her juniors at other centers how to play tambourine. They are very good in dancing. They often dance in some church events, in organizational events, and in some weddings. They also get some money. The congregation has chosen her and some other center teenagers to minister as the Sunday school teachers.
In 2008 we had a dream to build a community radio station. We have received the approval for Complementary Intervention funds. We are now preparing a community radio station, which has some programs, such as advocacy of children and women, the media of study, and the media of community sourcing. The teenaged children are prepared to run this media. The community is very excited and they support us.
Letters become tools for children and sponsors to share experiences, to strengthen one another, and to pray for one another. The children who seldom or never receive letters from their sponsors often feel sad and disappointed when their friends receive letters from their sponsors. The children are very excited to write to their sponsors. These children are very passionate to build a close relationship with their sponsors.
One girl is very proud of her sponsor, who always shares scientific knowledge in the letters. She gets so much knowledge from her sponsors’ letters. Most of the sponsors bless children with their letters too. The children feel appreciated. They often pray for their sponsors. They also have a desire to meet their sponsors one day.
I love God and children and that is the reason why I keep ministering at the center.
At the center, the children regularly pray. They learn to trust God. We always start and end every activity by praying and praising God. It has been a lifestyle of these children.
Each child is equipped with a talent. We believe that these talents will increase their life quality. The children also meet many kinds of people. They are guided to build healthy and harmonious relationships. They learn to be a peacemaker wherever they are.
There are 527 children at this center. They are divided into 23 classrooms. The church is trying to prepare more rooms so that the mentoring and tutorial program runs well. The church also plans to commit to support the center children financially.
Dear Sponsors, please pray for the church and Compassion that we can serve beyond the borders of time and place, so that we can reach more children. Please pray that God give us wisdom and integrity. Please pray for the center programs and please pray for the teenaged children who seldom come to the center because of their school or college schedule, etc. Please pray for the new pastor of the center, that he will be passionate in the children ministry. Please pray for the Betlehem Young Generation Community Radio that it can operate well and become an effective media for children advocacy.
Thanks, again, for sponsoring a child.Thank you for everything. God bless you.
Sincerely yours,
Paris E. B.
If you would like to sponsor a child from Indonesia, please consider handsome 8-year-old Rian who's been waiting over 300 days for a sponsor. His birthday is September 25.
Rian enjoys soccer and bicycling. His favorite subject is language. Rian lives with his grandmother. To sponsor Rian, click here.
