The anticipation of Christmas can make a kid out of the oldest adult. The shiny wrapped gifts, the brilliant lights it brings back many fond memories of childhood. What is in the package? When can we open them? What a joy to watch that same anticipation in my kids and grand kids.
My grandson spent the night with me the other day and he knew that the next day would be our family party where all his cousins would come over and we would open all of our gifts. Being only four years old his concept of time is not fully developed and first thing in the morning he began to ask, “Can we start the party now Nana?” I started out by saying not yet Charlie but five minutes later he would ask the same question again, “Now Nana, can we start the party?” No, I would remind him that the others have not arrived and we cannot start the party until they get there. He continued to ask every five minutes right up until the others arrived. His anticipation of playing with his cousins and unwrapping the gifts under my tree had him antsy.
When a child is sponsored through Friends of TOUCH it’s like a continuous Christmas present. Sponsorship means they can wake up every morning with anticipation, knowing that they have a future. I can just imagine them waking up and asking “Is it time for school yet?” They are receiving the greatest present any child could ever get: a good education.
Sadly many children are still waiting for their sponsor. Their Christmas present hasn’t arrived and they have no hope of ever having a better future than the poverty they see around them. They watch other children as they go to school with longing in their heart.
Becoming a sponsor through Friends of TOUCH means you touch the life of a child in need giving them a Christmas gift that lasts not only all year long but will change their destiny forever. What greater gift could anyone give than to snatch a child from poverty and set them on the road to a good future? Won’t you continue the Christmas Spirit and become a sponsor today?
