{"id":132,"date":"2017-07-26T13:20:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T20:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2017-09-01T13:29:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T20:29:44","slug":"letter-writing-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/?page_id=132","title":{"rendered":"Letter Writing Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>LETTERS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>LETTER WRITING GUIDELINES\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>What things should be included in my letter?<\/p>\n<p>The children love to hear about you and your family.\u00a0 Share about the things that you like to do and the places you like to go but keep in mind that the children don\u2019t understand the concept of a vacation.\u00a0 Be sensitive not to mention your material possessions or money.<\/p>\n<p>The children pray for you and your family on a daily basis.\u00a0 Let your sponsored child know that you are praying for them as well.\u00a0 Send verses that might encourage them.\u00a0 Talk to them about what Jesus is teaching you.<\/p>\n<p>Decorate your letter with stickers or clip art from your computer.\u00a0 Send a postcard from the town that you live in or from a place like Yosemite or SF.<\/p>\n<p>Send photos of your family keeping in mind that the culture is very modest.\u00a0 Please do not send photos showing cleavage, tube tops, short shorts etc.<\/p>\n<p>Print or type your letter.\u00a0 The children cannot read cursive.<\/p>\n<p>Put your child\u2019s name and your name on the outside of the envelope or on the letter itself.\u00a0 DO NOT put your address or that of Cornerstone anywhere on the letter or envelope. You may also email me your letter or leave it at the Info Counter at Cornerstone Livermore campus. If you choose to email it please be sure to put the child\u2019s full name at the top of the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Including a bookmark, stickers, journal, pens or pencils is fine but no other gifts, please.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to send a Bible to the child you sponsor please include an additional $10 with your monthly payment (or simply send us $10) and our staff will purchase a Bible in Kenya. They will put your child\u2019s name as well as your name on the inside cover.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at lmahoney@cornerstoneweb.org. You will always be notified at least 6 weeks before letters are due.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks you for making a difference in a child\u2019s life and for your faithfulness as a child sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings,<\/p>\n<p><em>Linda Mahoney<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Child Sponsorship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LETTERS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 \u00a0 \u00a0 LETTER WRITING GUIDELINES\u2026\u2026\u2026 What things should be included in my letter? The children love to hear about you and your family.\u00a0 Share about the things that you like to do and the places you like to go but keep in mind that the children don\u2019t understand the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/141"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nakuruchildren.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}