To celebrate the end of the month, let's read another letter from Kenya. This time, it's from KE-500, which is the project that my boy Hillary attends.
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Dear Kayla,
My name is Eric Yugi and I am pastor of the Changamwe Child Development Center, which is attend by your sponsored child. May the almighty God bless you abundantly for sponsoring Hillary.
Currently 212 children are registered at the center and we are enjoying sponsorship. We have nine children to be supported in university taking various degrees. 110 children are taking their high school studies and 65 are in primary and nursery education. 37 of them are doing Diploma, certificates and grade examinations. There is great need of more support for students in post-secondary education as their financial demand of college fees and supplies are high. Children are able to achieve their scholastic goals because of support from sponsors, who help them buy textbooks, uniforms, and other necessities.
This year in the month of March, we celebrated the silver jubilee of the center. During the celebrations we launched an education fund through church donations to subsidize university fees of children admitted in various professions. We thank God for support we received from Compassion International representative especially our partnership facilitator who mobilized her colleagues in joining together to celebrate the achievements and support the university children. We had one student from our center graduating from the Leadership Development Program with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Glory to God. The child's life has tremendously changed for the better. He is happy and blessed thanks to Compassion.
We thank our government and local leaders who have always supported us. Our member of parliament and county representatives gave us moral support and donated finances during the launch of the center. The church has increased spiritually and numerically through this program. April this year 96 children confessed and accepted Christ as their personal Savior. The church is now expanding the sanctuary to seat 10,000 members. It is through your support that we have been able to minister to the children, caregivers and leading to the church expansion.
Whenever children receive a letter they are always excited. The children enjoy letter writing sessions because this gives them time to interact with their beloved sponsor. It helps the children in building self-esteem and also in learning how to read and write English, since it is the language that they usually use. Letters also expose the child to what happens around the world as sponsors share personal information as well as the information about where you live. Receiving a letter is like receiving love from their sponsor, and children know that someone values them. For some children, this is the first time they know they are loved and valued, and it makes a big impact in their lives. I hope you will remember and write to Hillary often.
In conclusion, thank you for the holistic child development program you are supporting in this church. It has been a blessing to the families supported to the church to the neighboring communities and the nation at large. God has used you as an ambassador of positive change and may He bless you abundantly.
In Christ,
Pastor Eric Yugi
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