Geraldine, age 11, Guayaquil, Ecuador

We didn't expect anything from CI after Daniel's SNG report. We have been able to pass the mail box with just a quick look into it without trying to remove the bottom or side walls to see if anything was hidden there. Our mailman has even smiled, knowing that we wouldn't attack him for a while.

Nevertheless we got mail!!! Geraldine has written her 4th letter to us in 3 months!

This is not a welcome letter, it's not a thank you letter, it's not a 90-day-rule letter. This is a letter written by our sponsored girl in Guayaquil, just because she wants to share her life with us!!

I don't think she has got any idea of how much this special letter means to us! If we have ever had "special needs" this is the greatest gift she could ever provide us with!

The letter:

.......I will tell you that I went to Manta where I played a lot with my friends, we were riding a bicycle, played with the dolls and played in the park among other things. After that I went to the bay with my whole family and the next day I went to the beach with my cousins. Then we ate ceviches and encebollado and my family and I were very happy because all of the fun we had......

I say godbye with lots of affection

Geraldine

If our letters will bring her just half the joy that hers bring us... 

If we could only make people outside this community understand what treasures we found in Ecuador and Chile!

Sorry to say this, but with our own son and our two sponsored kids we have already won the competition "Best Kids On Earth" 

Annette