For over a decade, I have been blessed to sponsor children through the child sponsorship program Manna Discipleship Ministries which is now part of the organization Love Lempira. I currently sponsor seven teenage girls through this organization. Being a sponsor includes the opportunity to send a gift package to your sponsored child once per year, which will be added to the backpack of school supplies the program provides to them using your monthly sponsorship fees. Sponsors are allowed to send up to a 2.5 gallon sized bag of gifts to each of their sponsored children each year. I love joining in with other sponsors to share photos and ideas of what we're sending to our kids.
For a list of the supplies the program provides to your sponsored child using your monthly sponsorship fees, click here. I sent a few additional school supplies to each of my girls who are still in school, based on things their specific schools have required in the past. These items are: markers, highlighters, dry erase markers, compasses, and Wite Out tape. I’ll also be sending construction paper and plain white unlined paper; but these will be sent with their September letters rather than with backpacks, due to space. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend sending Spanish (not Spanish-English) dictionaries and scientific calculators. All of my girls have already received those in the past, so I won’t be sending them this time.
Now for each girl’s individual gifts:
Ashley Paola (18) will have just graduated when she receives her gift. For this reason, her bag will be just this gift without the school supplies I mentioned above. She is studying hospitality/tourism and she already travels to different hotels for training. Her favorite color is purple and she loves to read. Her favorite gifts in last year’s backpack were a poetry book and a set of purple pens. She will receive: the book The Hiding Place, fuzzy socks, a purple journal, a set of colored pens, a travel jewelry case, a graduation necklace, and a purple water bottle. She has already received other travel-related gifts from me last year including a duffle bag, toiletry bag, and customized luggage tag. Those items were a pretty purple color which match this year’s gifts.
Amy (16) will also have just graduated when she receives her gift. For this reason, her bag will also be just this gift without the school supplies I mentioned above. Amy loves art and the color blue. Her favorite gifts in last year’s backpack included clothing and a set of purple pens. She will receive: a shirt, a watch, a graduation necklace, a jewelry box, a sketch book, thin markers for drawing, and 2 wooden stamp sets.
Hiliany (19) is starting her senior year of high school. She loves soccer. Her favorite color has gone back and forth between red and black. Her goal is to be a hair and nail stylist. Her favorite gift in last year’s backpack was the Christian fiction book Redeeming Love. In addition to the school supplies, she will receive: a soccer ball with air pump, a hot/cold water bottle that doubles as a thermos, a devotional book that is based on Redeeming Love, a heatless curl hair styling set, hair scrunchies, jewelry set, a pretty black shirt, and some clothing in her school uniform colors. I’ve already given her a full large set of nail design supplies in the past and plan to give her a bigger set of hair styling supplies next year for her graduation; so I included just one hair styling item this time.
Adiany (17) loves self care items, especially skin care. She also loves butterflies, and the colors black and purple. In addition to the school supplies, she will receive: a hot/cold water bottle that doubles as a thermos, some clothing in her school uniform colors, a bible verse coloring book with colored pencils and sharpener, a jewelry box with a butterfly ring inside, a spa headband, and a purse filled with self care items including eye gels and a face roller.
Emely (14) loves art and self care items. Her favorite color is black and was previously white. Her favorite gifts in last year’s backpack included a painting set. In addition to school supplies, she will receive: a hot/cold water bottle that doubles as a thermos, some clothing in her school uniform colors, blue light glasses, a bible verse coloring book with colored pencils and sharpener, modeling clay, a spa headband, and a black purse filled with self care items including eye gels and a face roller.
Marina (13) loves butterflies, flowers (especially tulips), accessories, reading, and the color yellow. Her favorite gifts in last year’s backpack included a bible, a butterfly watch, and clothing. In addition to the school supplies, she will receive: a blue floral shirt, yellow tank top with a shrug to wear over it, nail polish, nail stickers, a jewelry box filled with various jewelry including a butterfly ring and tulip necklace in addition to BFF necklaces and two packs of earrings, 2 hair bows, a book about Corrie ten Boom for children, a guided prayer journal for girls, gel pens, a hot/cold water bottle that doubles as a thermos, and some clothing in her school uniform colors.
Kati (almost 13) loves soccer, hair accessories, and the color purple. She is very active and loves playing outside with friends. In addition to the school supplies, will receive: a purple soccer ball with air pump wrapped inside of it, a mini World Cup themed Squishmallow toy, a hot/cold water bottle that doubles as a thermos, 2 hair bows, purple diary with purple pens, purple shirt, purple nail polish, BFF necklace set to share with a friend, a book about Corrie ten Boom for children, and some clothing in her school uniform colors. I meant to put nail stickers in with her nail polish and forgot, so I’ll be sending those with her next letter which should arrive around the same time.
A note regarding the clothing in their school uniform colors: Honduran schools have very specific uniforms that can only be purchased in Honduras. I like to send my girls clothing in the same colors, so they’ll still match their classmates if they ever don’t have access to real uniforms or in case they need backups. The Betania sector of the program uses steel blue shirts and navy blue bottoms for classes. The other three areas all use white shirts and navy blue bottoms for classes. All four areas also have gym uniforms which are white shirts with black athletic pants. For shoes, the program already provides the children with the shoes they need for regular classes; but I highly recommend sponsors sending tennis shoes for gym class when possible. All of my girls have received tennis shoes in the past year and a half and haven’t grown much since then, so I didn’t send them again this year.
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