Teaching Our Daughter to Care

As a family we decided that we wanted to do something more. To make a long story short, God led us to an organization called Compassion, and through some prayer and discernment we felt He was calling us to sacrifice just a tiny bit of the luxuries we have so that someone else, less fortunate might be able to simply live.

We started sponsoring Mariana from Columbia, just after our daughter Molly was born (March 2009). We thought how awesome it will be when they can write letters back and forth to each other. And, what a great way to teach our little Molly about helping others.

Every night before we put Molly to bed, we say our prayers and we make sure to always include Mariana in them, and in the letters we've sent, we've asked Mariana to pray for us as well. She always seems to include beautiful drawings in the letters she sends us, so we post those up on our fridge right beside a picture we have of her.

This past week we taught Molly how to say, "Mari", short for Mariana (Molly can handle about two syllables right now). We were in the kitchen and she looked up at the picture on the fridge and did the cutest thing ever... She blew the picture of Mariana a kiss, and said, "Ma-we".

Not only is she taking baby steps, she is taking baby steps in learning how to care for another person.