Canadian Grade Four Students Share what Sponsoring a Child Means to Them

When grade four teacher Donna Paquette returned from Honduras, she knew she wanted to find a way for her students to connect with the children in Honduras. Teachers from her school pulled together to help sponsor 17 year old Katlin.   Her students at St. Joseph’s school in Bowmanville, ON were eager to learn about the children in Honduras and started writing letters to Katlin.  10 year old Emma shares what this experience has meant to her.

There is someone who is very special to me. Her name is Katlin. She is 17 years old. Her birthday is November 17. Katlin is tall and has long black curly hair. She is very pretty. She has a very kind, caring and sweet personality. She is very nice to other people, and that is very important in life. Katlin can make someone smile and laugh. She lights up people’s day very quickly.

10 Year old Emma loves to get letters from her friend in Honduras

Katlin has dreams just like many of us. She wants to go to college and study to be an architect. She wants to gain great knowledge for her dream. Katlin studies a lot, and that makes her become smarter than she already was. Katlin is really good at drawing. That helps a lot with her dream because architects spend their time drawing buildings for people to live in, or even grocery stores. These people probably designed your house, and you love it! I know I love my house! She wants to design beautiful places that we can enjoy. Maybe she will design a house for families and children who don’t have homes.

She has siblings and many friends. She has a brother named Daniel, a sister named Sandra, and an aunt named Sonia. Her siblings and her are very kind and are as strong as can be together. Katlin also has a friend that’s really special to her named Zabdi.

Katlin lives in Honduras, a country in Central America. Honduras is far from Canada, and hot. I like hot places! It is a beauuuuuutiful place to live because there are beaches, mountains and trees! Lots of trees! Everything is outdoors, well most of it. They love to play sports, like soccer. They are very active because they play lots of sports and they’re almost always outside.

Katlin has a unique home. I love where she lives because it’s so cool to think of it and it’s beautiful. She lives far, I know but we can still be friends. She lives in Central America, and I live in Canada.

Katlin lives in a special place in Central America. She lives in an orphanage. The color of her home is orange. It’s called Nuevo Paraiso. The house/orphanage home that she lives in is called Padma. She is safe at her home, where she gets food, education and love.

Katlin and I are special friends, and that will not change. I love the letters she writes to me and she loves the letters I write to her. I hope that you can write to someone, or make a donation to a place in need, even if it is far away.

I made a difference in Katlin’s life by helping to sponsor her. I even helped toward her college fund. I hope that you can take from this story and perhaps also help someone out.

Emma –  10 years old.

Thank you for Sharing Emma!  If you would like to learn how you can help to change the life of a child in Honduras though sponsorship click here.