Sponsorship Update: Part 2

Okay so...

I now have to choose a sponsorship. I've specified that I want to be a sponsor for older children (specifically the ones who have already phased out (14+). This is mostly because I am 16, and I want to make a difference. The whole phasing out thing makes me extremely sad. Spending your whole life in an orphanage, watching your friends be picked but not you?

I want to brighten up their day just a little.

Anyways!

So, I originally sent requests to three different organizations. It took about three weeks for any of them to get back to me.

One of them sent me an option for five orphans who have all phased out. Unfortunately, I do not have the money to sponsor all five at the same time, or you can bet that I would.

Instead, I plan on getting a care package together for each of them and sending it out. I'll probably be paying more than the yearly fee in shipping, but I think it'll be worth it for them to receive a package.

Ch*naHeart is still my #1 option, but the boy that I inquired about is still unknown. We have to wait and see if he will continue schooling (which is a requirement) to be eligible for the program. Fingers crossed.

The last agency just sent me an e-mail, that they're shipping out a package with the information.

How do I pick?

On another note, I'm almost to $70. I've been working on my wordpad document for about four hours. I'm writing down my memories of my Greece and Italy trip from this year. And school starts in four weeks. I feel like I might be sick.

Sponsorship Update

I found an organization! :)

I don't know if I am allowed to post the name or anything. It's Ch*naHeart Intl. (Please tell me if I should erase that).

I haven't been confirmed as a sponsor yet, though. They had a list of available children to be sponsored, and I asked for more information on one of the children. (An older child. 16, to be exact).

They sent me the information today, but have to find out if he intends to return to school, which is a requirement to stay a part of the organization. If he does, I am so sponsoring him!!

I was kind of sad. I sent e-mails to 3-4 other organizations, but no response. At all. And so I was just kind of realizing that maybe I shouldn't sponsor, when this e-mail appeared in my inbox.

I love you.

Sponsorship Month 1

So...

I haven't received a sponsor notice yet. The coordinator is still on holiday.

But I HAVE saved up the first payment. Thirty-five dollars.

I saved my tips (I waitressed one day this week, cashiered for the rest) and, miraculously, received exactly $35 in two days.

It's times like these that tell me God is trying to be part of my life.

Anyways!

Month 1 is ready to be paid for. I kind of like this. Saving my tips for sponsoring encourages me not to spend it on junk.

And I get to help a child in return. Lovely.

Sponsorship

So, I'm not quite the right age (30) to adopt from China.

In fact, I'm just past the halfway mark (16). So I still have quite a bit of time left.

And so I have decided to start supporting causes that I believe in.

Like orphan care in China.

And US Soldiers.

I signed up for www.adoptaussoldier.org, to hopefully make a difference in a soldier's life.

And the orphan sponsorship?

I'm working on it.

I'm still a student, and I am starting college in fall 2012, so I really shouldn't be spending $35 a year.

Especially since my "job" is tutoring (and unpaid managerial work).

So I've started a sponsorship fund. When I get paid, I'll split the money like this:

(I get paid $200 per month)

$100 goes to my bank/college account.
$30 goes to orphan sponsorship.
$30 goes to care package items.
$30 goes to my everyday needs.
And the last $10?
I think I'll use that last $10 and start an adoption fund. It's never too early, I think.

I haven't found the right orphanages to sponsor. But I want to sponsor a specific child (because, I totally buy into all the stuff that they show on television. About how certain programs will send you a picture and biography and note from the child you are sponsoring), preferably from Southern China. Like maybe possibly Guangzhou, depending on what I can do.

I honestly cannot wait. By the time my senior year starts, I will (hopefully) be changing the life of an orphan. But I think that my life will be more changed from this experience.