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?
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
A Very Special Birthday
How November 30th Became Our Birthday
It was a beautiful morning, on the 30th day of November 1984, when my precious mother brought me into this world. This Day has been so special to me, and each year, I hold special memories of it.
A few years back,while working with TOUCH, I had an opportunity to move around my community with a questionnaire, and the purpose of this was to identify needy and vulnerable children so that TOUCH would help them realize their dreams. Among the questions I asked was, "When were you born?"
Surprisingly, the biggest percentage of these kids did not know when they were born, and had even never had a chance to celebrate their birthdays. This touched my heart, I did not know what to do then. While I continued, I met one young girl, who also did not know her birthday, but asked me to share my birthday with her.
She told me that her mother died before telling her when she was born and that her guardian, (grandmother) did not know. I accepted and she also asked me to be her mother, which I did.
The news of sharing a birthday with me went around, and 30th November became a very big thing. All the kids started coming to me on individual basis that we should share a birthday, and today, each one of us is another year old.
To all my precious little men and women, Happy birthday, I am glad to share this special day with you. I wish you smiles and laughter, Joy and cheers, new happiness that stays through out the year.
- Written by Margaret Bakubi, of TOUCH in Uganda
Margaret works with her sister, Sara Sebyala, to care for children in Kitintale, Uganda. She shares her birthday with more than 80 children this year.
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It was a beautiful morning, on the 30th day of November 1984, when my precious mother brought me into this world. This Day has been so special to me, and each year, I hold special memories of it.
A few years back,while working with TOUCH, I had an opportunity to move around my community with a questionnaire, and the purpose of this was to identify needy and vulnerable children so that TOUCH would help them realize their dreams. Among the questions I asked was, "When were you born?"
Surprisingly, the biggest percentage of these kids did not know when they were born, and had even never had a chance to celebrate their birthdays. This touched my heart, I did not know what to do then. While I continued, I met one young girl, who also did not know her birthday, but asked me to share my birthday with her.
She told me that her mother died before telling her when she was born and that her guardian, (grandmother) did not know. I accepted and she also asked me to be her mother, which I did.
The news of sharing a birthday with me went around, and 30th November became a very big thing. All the kids started coming to me on individual basis that we should share a birthday, and today, each one of us is another year old.
To all my precious little men and women, Happy birthday, I am glad to share this special day with you. I wish you smiles and laughter, Joy and cheers, new happiness that stays through out the year.
- Written by Margaret Bakubi, of TOUCH in Uganda
Margaret works with her sister, Sara Sebyala, to care for children in Kitintale, Uganda. She shares her birthday with more than 80 children this year.
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