Sponsoring a Family

There are over 1400 families here sponored by Americans. It only cost $25 dollars a month and that feeds a family of four for a month. A couple hundred bucks will build a family a new house. It's a great program because they do a wonderful job of sending photos and emails showing people exactly where their money is going. When we build a house we take a picture with the family and a sign thanking the American family that paid for the home.
For us we had the wonderful opportunity to actually meet the family we will sponsor as they were being told by the social workers here that they had a sponsor. There is a long waiting list of families hoping to be sponsored. When we went to the door and the young single mother answered and was told by the social worker she was being sponsored she broke down and cried. The scene


reminded me of a Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes commercial yet this young family was only getting $25 of food a month but they reacted like winning a sweepstakes.
The young mother is 26 years old and has three kids 7,3, and three months. She works and her sister watches her kids while she works. She has been abused for years and the social workers here have helped her start a new life own her own.
I'm posting a picture of her kitchen and then one of Reese with her 3 yo daughter in their home



"KITCHEN"


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