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Chino, My Sponsored Child

November 7, 2008 by Jennifer Donovan

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Brian pulled me away from the hand-clapping game I was playing with the children. “Jennifer, now we’re going to meet the child you sponsor. It’s Leuris, right? They call him Chino. I was in his classroom, and let me tell you that you’ll have your hands full. He’s cute, but wild.”

I walked in and he was sitting at a table with Augustin, the translator. I greeted him warmly and gave him the backpack that I had brought for him with some gifts. Before he could get distracted by the toys, I showed him the pocket photo album that I had brought with some pictures of the family. We named each of them: Terry, Kyle, Amanda, and even Shadow the dog. I made sure, per my husband’s request, that he fully appreciated the Aggie backpack that I packed his toys in (read more about the Aggie culture from this trip on my personal blog).

Then he unzipped the bag. I had brought him a football which he grabbed with glee, and a dominoes picture game, which he immediately wanted to free from his shrink wrap. When he saw the box of 24 crayons, he indicated that there were so many, and said that he could do his own pictures.

I left two children behind when I came on this trip. Tonight I’ll be reuniting with them, and I’ll be making sure that they know that there are two other children we are responsible for. We’ll be praying for Gloria in Uganda, who I sponsored through the first Compassion Bloggers’ trip, and of course Chino, who I recently sponsored and was able to meet this week.

CompassionWhen I left him I crouched down to his level, and I told him that I was very happy to have met him. I told him that I was looking forward to receiving his letters, and that I was going to write him letters. I told him that I’d be leaving the photos with him so that he’d remember our visit.

I know that everyone will not have the opportunity to meet their child (although if you are ever in the country, it can always be arranged through the Compassion office). However, you can definitely become a part of a child’s life — his memories and his success. I can’t wait to follow both Gloria and Chino as they grow physically, academically, spiritually, and socially.

Visit my Compassion Trip Page to see all of my posts from my journey and go to CompassionBloggers.com to read posts from all the bloggers on this trip.

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About Jennifer Donovan

Jennifer Donovan has been a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom team since 2007. She writes product reviews, covers events, and manages the 5 Minutes for Books weekly column and website. She lives in Houston and blogs at Snapshot about life with her family.

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6 Comments

  1. maria says

    April 27, 2012 at 10:07 am

    Just discovered your site and enjoying it.

    Reply
  2. Triza says

    January 11, 2010 at 3:01 am

    Hi iam inspired by your your sponsor programme. i would like to ask hoe you can assist me sponsor poor kids. ilive in Kenya

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  3. Juli Jarvis says

    November 11, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing all the great stories and photos this week — I enjoyed them so much!

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  4. Mary says

    November 8, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Little boys are just little boys, hmm?

    Gigem, Chino and God bless!

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  5. Mikki says

    November 7, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    What a great story. I have really enjoyed following your journey.
    We have sponsored a young boy in Tanzania Africa for over 4 years now. It has been wonderful to share stories with him and to be able to bless him and his family with things that they need.

    Thank you for sharing your story!

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  6. Karla E. says

    November 7, 2008 at 11:55 am

    OMG…Jennifer, he is SO cute! I might have had to kidnap him and bring him back to the US with me.

    Reply

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