The packet with all the info on our sweet baby girl and her country.
Malehloa Letsatsi is our precious one!
She lives with one brother, one sister, and her parents.
Sweet baby will be one year old on wedding day.
She lives in an AIDS affected area of Africa (Lesotho, to be exact)
One thing I adore about World Vision is that they give information about the area in which our child lives.
So here's what we learned:
- Lesotho has a population of 2.067 million people.
- It covers 11,720 square miles, most of which is mountainous.
- Life expectancy is 46 years.
- The literacy rate is about 90% with 85% of children enrolled in primary school.
- Only 85% of their residents have access to clean water.
- And the average income is about $1,020/year. (SIDE NOTE IF YOU ARE STILL READING: My trip to China costs about 4 times this much. Please consider donating to our team!)
- The good news is the country is about 80% Christian.
As I stared at her picture again while we watched the intro DVD they sent, I began to have visions of bows and bracelets and all the other girly things we could lavish on a child finally! (2 nephews = no pink, no bows, no frills. which = bummer.)
We are allowed to send gifts as long as they fit in a 6x9in. bubble mailer.
We are in the process of writing am email to her, and will send pictures and gifts by snail mail as soon as possible.
Chad and I were talking tonight, and we realized that not only were we agreeing to adopt this little princess, but her family as well. She's not even one yet, so while they may read her the letters we send, and put her hair in the multitude of bows I plan to send, we are really ministering to the parents. They get to see the firsthand effects of our sponsorship, and we are not taking it lightly.
Did I mention I am incredibly in love with her already?
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