I just got a letter from CI yesterday that my girl, Jamaica, in the Philippines has moved out of the service area and they cannot find her.   They say her family may have moved to improve their economic situation.  I hope that is the reason and that it will mean a big improvement in their lives.  I only had her as my sponsored child for about a year.  She was just about the turn 15.   This is the 4th child I've lost since I began sponsoring in 2003.  Will I ever see a child leave the program in the desired way, by graduating at the ripe old age of 19?  I am depressed. 

CI naturally sent me a photo and family history of a new girl in the Manila area.  Her family seems to be even poorer than Jamaica's.  I'll be posting about her in the next few days but now is too soon.  I'm still greiving for Jamaica.  It's ironic that I should lose her now.  I had a big yard sale in July and raised almost $500.  I called CI in the very beginning of August and told them to see what that amount could do for Jamaica in terms of a Income Generating Project.  I was expecting the envelope to contain a report on that and instead I find she's gone.  Not the good mail I was expecting.  I'll be posting an upbeat blog about our new child soon and hoping I don't fail her the way I fear I may have failed Jamaica.  I will miss her so.