Letters from Faizo of Kenya

Here are a couple of letters I just got from Faizo, the child I sponsor through Kenya Children's Fund. A few words of explanation: "P.S. Kevin" has the "P.S." in it because I wrote it on the bottom of the page as a P.S., and it never occurred to me that Faizo might think it was part of my brother's name! Also, there are a lot of references to Christmas because it takes a few months to get the letters through the mail.

Please feel free to share your child sponsorship letters in the comments! :)

"Dear Catherine Newhouse,

I hope you are fine and well too. I thank God for keeping us alive including your family and friends there. May God help you in your work and strengthen your heart too.

I am glad and happy for the Christmas gifts. You are so caring and may the Lord God bless your work and add you more as we live in this world.

My family are so glad with you and they bless you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Despite being happy, I too enjoyed my Christmas holiday by buying the Christmas gifts you had offered to me.

During the Christmas holiday I received twenty-five dollars which really helped me enjoy and share with my family and friends too. I bought the following items including clothings, school items and food stuffs too. I bought a school bag, shirt, inner ware, tea leaves, sugar, wheat flour, maize flour, bar of sopa, cooking fat and two toilet papers.

I ask God Almighty to bless your work and keep you safe for the rest of your life. Good bye!

Your sponsored child,
Faizo"

"Dear Catherine Newhouse,

"Hallo dear!" I hope you are fine and well too. I hope Jessica, P.S. Kevin together with Cat are well and fine too. It is pleasure for me to see them sending in letters which are very interesting and amusing.

It is so well and fine that God has kept us alive and safe. Many wished to be alive but they are not.* That isn't something to worry us for the Lord our God knows why He created us and we should appreciate that.

I'm happy for sending me letters, photographs from geographical world and stickers too which are very attractive and eye catching. May God bless you for that and I pray to you always for the blessings of the Lord to shower your heart and life too together with the lives of your friends and families.

Although there isn't something to send you back I will only say thanks for the many Christmas and Happy New Year gifts. They are attractive and interesting to see. They reflect one's eyes and make you happy whenever your heart hardens.

I too appreciate the writings from Cat for she is really a writer as she pleaded in her letter and may God bless her so much for I would like to see some of her writings.

Biblical scriptures from P.S. Kevin were really good and blessings too. May the Lord our God bless him. Let all of you be blessed, your work, families, and life too.

Your sponsored child,
Faizo"

*Here Faizo is referring to the post-election violence in Kenya, which you can read about here.