{"id":2689,"date":"2012-08-13T14:57:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2012-08-13T14:57:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:57:13","slug":"sponsorship-in-6-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2012\/08\/sponsorship-in-6-words.html","title":{"rendered":"Sponsorship in 6 words"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It was Abraham Lincoln who said (or perhaps wrote),\u00a0“I’m sorry I wrote such a long letter. I did not have the time to write a short one.”\u00a0<\/em> The discipline of brevity is not easily mastered. Distilling thoughts to their essence takes much longer.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, we Children’s HopeChest asked sponsors to describe their sponsorship experience in 6 words or less.<\/p>\n

A few weeks before that, the Clarity Group<\/a> subjected our leadership team to a similar “6 Word Memoir” exercise as part of our strategic planning. \u00a0It’s something they might have picked up from the book\u00a0Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

I wanted to share a few of the posts here, as sponsors use only 6 words to sum up the experience of sponsoring a child through Children’s HopeChest.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Meets spiritual needs by providing physical.<\/p>\n

It opened my eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fewer orphans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lets light shine out of darkness!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Hope for change in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

God’s love is shared.<\/p>\n

Allows blessings to flow: outwardly; inwardly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gives hope to the hopeless.<\/p>\n

Change: child -> household -> community -> sponsor. Repeat.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Defeats despair, creates opportunity, emulates Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n

Transforms communities. There and at home.<\/p>\n

The greatest thing I’ve ever done!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Making lasting connections with a child.<\/em><\/p>\n

The themes of change, hope, and transformation come through these individual experiences with the sponsorship program. \u00a0We’re hoping to add to this by asking the kids to write their own 6 word memoirs about being sponsored in a HopeChest program to see what themes come through in their writing.<\/p>\n

If you have a 6 word memoir to offer, leave a comment. And check out the full series on the HopeChest Facebook page.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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