Wow. Today was really weird. Where do I begin? I'll jump to the later part of the afternoon, 5:00 pm. After a hard week of coding, I decided to treat myself out and go for dinner. I saw my friend Gabriel online so asked him if we could meet up later after we finished work for a quick bite. After hitting a sushi joint, we walked past World Vision with their "sponsor a child" table set up. My older brother Vincent already sponsored a child and when he chose a child, he was praying that the child will have the same birthday as his son, Asa (December 19, 1999). Well, God answered that prayer and they sponsored a child named Laura, also born December 19, 1999. Anyways, I think God was calling me out, and what I felt inside was that if I saw a child with the same birthday as mine on the table, I would sponsor that child. So, I told Gab, hey, lets go back to that table. I wasn't really serious about it, cuz you know, its only a 10/365 chance that there would be a child w/ August 5 birthday (10 cards, 365 days). On my seventh card, I see August 5. I was like, "what the!?!?". Well God, since I said I would do sponsor that child, I ended up doing it. On initial look, I thought it was a boy as the hair seemed short, but upon reading the card, it was a girl. I really wanted a girl, since being a guy, I'm partial towards girls. It was really cool though, since in her picture, she had this serious and confident look to her. She reminded me of me in someways, and I guess I sort of fell in love with this child in a fatherly way. Daddy's little girl I guess? Big brother? Who knows. All I know is that 4 hours later, I don't think I regret my decision, and seeing her, I find ... motivation to do my best. I'll put her picture at my work place. She really does motivate me. Rabina, my sister? My sponsored child? I've found motivation to push myself to be the best for you ... praise the Lord =). I can't wait to write letters to her. I'm excited!!
posted by Deal Hunter at 12:13 AM
