Child Sponsorship

Note: The last names have been removed in order to protect the privacy of the children and their families.

When I first started out sponsoring children, it was through World Vision.  According to their records, here’s the timeline of who we sponsored where and when:

1. April 8, 1981: Fabian Y. from Ecuador.
2. October 6, 1983: Sponsorship was transferred to David B. from Colombia.
3. October 21, 1991: Once David’s community became self-sufficient our sponsorship started with Cristian F. H.  from Colombia and continued until October 2007.

In 1992 we started our involvement with Compassion Canada (Nancy’s brother Steve started to work for Compassion in 1991) and over the years we’ve sponsored 18 different kids.  (You can kind of tell by the “August” start dates that other than “replacements” for kids that have left the projects, we have sponsored all of our kids through Kingdom Bound events.

1. August 2003: Elizabeth M. R. from Mexico (b. Jan 29, 1997):
   Sponsored from August 2003 to February 2008.
2. August 2005: Namutosi Rebecca from Uganda (b. Jan 25, 1996):
   Sponsored from August 2005 until she graduated from the Compassion program in December 2018.
3. August 2007: Audrey V. R. A from Nicaragua (b. Oct 12, 2003):
   Sponsored from August 2007 to January 2012.
4. February 2008: Dulce I. G. G. from ??? (b.???):
   Sponsored from February 2008 – April 2008. Replacement for Elizabeth.
5. August 2008: Receliegh S. from Philipines (b. June 18, 2003):
   Sponsored from August 2008 – December 2008.
6. August 2008: Lukas E. M. from Tanzania (b. Feb 10, 2003):
   Sponsored from August 2008 – to the present.
7. April 2008: Abe C. A. from Ethiopia (b. May 21, 1998):
   Sponsored from April 2008 – July 2014. Replacement for Dulce.
8. December 2008: Paola S. M. R. from Columbia (b. June 17, 2003):
   Sponsored from December 2008 – November 2016. Replacement for Receliegh.
9. August 2009: Khadiza A. from Bangladesh (b. November 19, 2002):
   Sponsored from August 2009 – January 2023.
10. August 2010: Ricardo A. C. S. from El Salvador (b. November 2, 2004):
    Sponsored from August 2010 – to the present.
11. August 2011: Inggrid A. T. L. T. from Indonesia (b. June 29, 2006):
    Sponsored from August 2011 – Summer 2016.
12. February 2012: Worlensky A. from Haiti (b. January 1, 2008):
    Sponsored from February 2012 – to the present
13. February 2012: Madrine S.-p. from Haiti (b. November 4, 2007):
    Sponsored from February 2012 – to the present
14. July 2014: Abenezer A. G. from Ethiopia (b. January 26, 2005):
    Sponsored from July 2014 – to the present.  Replacement for Abe.
15. January 2017: Nongnapat (Narm) N. from Thailand (b. June 20, 2011):
    Sponsored from January 2017 – to the present.  Replacement for Paola
16. January 2017: Kimberly G. S. O. from Honduras (b. January 13, 2012):
    Sponsored from January 2017 – to the February 2018.  Replacement for Tasya.
17. March 2018: Brithany Nicolle D. E.from Honduras (b. April 6, 2014):
    Sponsored from March 2018 – December 2022.  Replacement for Kimberly.
    Re-Sponsored from April 2023 – to the present.
18. January 2019: Gift N. from Uganda (b. June 19, 2015):
    Sponsored from January 2019 – to the present.  Replacement for Rebecca

We currently sponsor 7 kids through Compassion Canada.  Here’s the list of who we currently sponsor, including their country and birthday (also above in green):

1. Lukas – Tanzania – February 10, 2003
2. Ricardo – El Salvador – November 2, 2004
3. Abenezer – Ethiopia – January 26, 2005
4. Madrine – Haiti – November 4, 2007
5. Worlensky – Haiti – January 1, 2008
6. Narm – Thailand – June 20, 2011
7. Nicolle – Honduras – April 6, 2014
8. Gift – Uganda – June 19, 2015