I recently added this sweet girl, Emma, to my child sponsorship family. Emma is 9 years old, and I had been praying about becoming her sponsor for almost a year.
As I wrote my first letter to Emma, I realized it may be interested to share with other sponsors what I typically include in a first letter, to introduce myself to the child and their family. I like to explain to them what being their sponsor means to me, tell them about myself, and ask questions about them. Here is the introduction letter I sent to Emma recently:
Dear Emma,
Hello, beautiful girl! My name is Megan and I am your new sponsor.
Being your sponsor means working with your family and your church to be sure you have everything you need to reach the great potential that you have as a child of God. This means I pray for you every day. It means I can send you letters, teach you new things about God, and listen to anything you want to tell me in your letters. It means I can send you backpacks of things to help you with school. It also means I can help your church to give you the food and the Sunday school curriculum you receive there.
Because this is my first letter to you, I want to tell you about me and ask about you. I am 30 years old and I live in the United States. In my family is my mom and me. I also have aunts, uncles, and cousins. I work for a security company and I fix security cameras when they are not working. At my job, I have 3 close friends who I love to spend time with. Their names are Mila, Jessica, and Isabella. I love to read, write, and cook. I love coffee. I also love to visit the beach. It was while I was walking at the beach that I prayed about becoming your sponsor and felt in my heart that God said I should do it. For this reason, now I always think of you when I visit the beach.
Who lives in your house? Who are your friends? What do you like to do for fun? Where are some places you like to visit?
I know you won’t receive this letter until later because the mail takes time to travel from United States to Honduras; but I want to tell you that I became your sponsor on February 14, Valentine’s Day!
With so much love,
Megan
With her letter, I included a photo of myself since it is our first introduction, a photo of the beach I told her about, beach themed stickers, and some butterfly stickers just because they were pretty.
