This is the most recent correspondence from my sponsored child through Compassion International:

Dear Sponsor, Jonathan Griffith,

I send you a warm greeting and I hope you are in good health as well as your family.  My family is fine, thanks to God.  We will have vacation from school soon and I am doing very well.  I hope you to write me back soon.  I will travel to Cartagena on vacation to play in a soccer championship probably.  I wish you and your family a merry Christmas.  I would like you to keep praying for me and my family.  I will pray for you and your family too.  Thank you for your gift.  I would like to know where you will spend Christmas.  I will say goodbye for now.

Gabriel A. Negrete

Dear Jonathan Griffith:

I greet you with great love and affection!  I hope this letter finds you in very good health.  I am very glad to write again for you and tell you that I am doing very well in school.  Now I am in 5th grade and I am very busy because I have many home works to do for school.  I am doing well in the Project too.  I keep learning very much about Jesus and I like it very much.

I stayed home for Easter along with my family.  My little brother is also doing very well in school.  I am so sorry for the accident you had in your motorbike.  Thanks God, you are better now and nothing grave happened to you.

Thanks for your support.  I know you are praying for my family.  I am praying for yours and you.  Where did you spend Easter?  Loves you.

Gabriel Negrete

Dear Jonathan Griffith:

My dear Jonathan Griffith, how are you?  I must say that it’s a pleasure to write to you this ending year time and let you know I am in perfect health and so is my family.  I did very well in school.  Next year I will start 5th grade and I want to keep going with my education, so I ask you to be praying.  I pray for you and your family for God to bless you in this Christmas.  I also want to give you thanks for your Christmas present.

About the Project I can tell you that I am very glad and happy for your support and being special with me.  Godfather, I’d like to know: What will you do this coming Christmas?  I will spend Christmas with my parents; walking down the streets to see the lights and street decorations my city is decorated with.  In special I will walk by the May 1st Avenue which goes along by the river.  Do you have parks where you live?  Write soon.  I wish you a merry Christmas.  God bless you!

Gabriel Negrete

Dear Jonathan Griffith,

I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, wishing that you and your family are in good health.  I am so glad to write you again and I want to tell you that I am doing well in school, thank to God.  My family is fine and they say hello to you.  Why haven’t you sent me any pictures?  I would love to have some pictures of you.  How is the weather like in your country?  Here in my Town it is raining a lot and it is cold.  I love going to the project because I enjoy the activities there.  I am praying for you and if you have something special for what I may pray, please let me know.  I love you very much.

I will say goodbye to you now with lots of love.  May God bless you.

With Love,

Gabriel Negrete

Dear Godfather Jonathan Griffith.  I greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ wishing the best for you and your family.

I tell you that my family and I are fine.  I thank you for the letter you sent me.  I am so happy to know that you pray for me and you trust that God make me a good person.  I also pray for you that God gives you peace this Christmas.  This time makes me happy because we can share together.  I hope I can send you a picture of you and your family in Christmas eve.  I want to thank you for the Christmas gift.  I pray God that He rewards you.

Write me back soon.

Love,

Gabriel Negrete

Dear Jonathan Griffith:

Hello!  How are you?  Receive a cordial greeting from me.  I hope that the Lord is blessing you richly.  About me, I tell you that I’m in good health, thank God.  I’m doing well at School.  I’m in 4th grade.  I study in the afternoon.  In the morning I attend activities at Project.  About my family, I tell you that they are well.  The last month, we celebrated Holy Week in my city.  I was with my family at home.  We ate sweets and other foods.  I ask that you’ll please write me.  I want to hear from you.  I love you much.  You’re so special for me.  Thank you for all the help you give me to go on.  With love,

Gabriel A. Negrete H.

Dear Jonathan Griffith:

Hello!  I greet you cordially and God bless you.  I hope you are very well.  I would like to be happy, but I am not like this since my mother is very sick.  She suffers bronchial asthma.  I ask much to God.  She improves since my father and brother and I feel very lonely and I ask you, Sponsor, to pray for my mother that she helps soon, I want to spend Christmas together with her.

I expect you write soon.  Thank you for the gift you sent me.  it is very lovely!  I wish you Merry Christmas.

P.S. I send you a picture where I am enjoying a bathing in swimming pool with my classmates from CO 603.

Dear Sponsor Jonathan Griffith:

Hello!  How are you?  I am doing well bu am I very sad because my mom is in poor health.  I ask you to pray a lot for me and for my mom so that she gets better soon.  I am improving in the studies.  I am attending the activities of the project frequently.  It is wintertime, I in the top of a hill and from there I can observe the vegetation.  It is very pretty for me because I can contemplate something that is part of the greatness of God.  What season of the year do you like?  Do you live in the top of a hill?  Write me soon, I love you.

Gabriel

Dear Jonathan Griffith:

Mr. Jonathan, I greet you in the name of Jesus. I wish you find in good health. I tell you that I’m doing well at school. My family and I are well. I like to attend at Project because I learn much things about Jesus Christ. I like to praise the Lord. I hope you to write me soon. I want to hear from you. I’m happy to hear from you. Pray for me. I always pray for you. Bye!

Gabriel Andres Negrete

Dear Jonathan Griffith:

Dear Sponsor:

I greet you in union of everybody.  I hope you are well and God bless you.  I tell you the following:  I am very well.  I approved school year, thanks to God.  This Christmas I have been very happy with my parents and my little brothers.  I hope you had a very good time.  I give you lots of thanks for the gift you sent to me.  My favorite sport is football.  I pray for you.  Pray for me.

Sincerely,

Gabriel Negrete