Clara

In this post, I wanted to include a scan of some of the pictures I have received in the mail from Clara, but unfortunately my scanner is not cooperating. However, I was able to find a picture of Clara already online, so that will have to do.

Clara is 7 1/2, and lives in Bolivia. Throughout the letter writing I've learned that her favorite activities are playing dolls and tag with her friends at school. She does very well in school, and she especially loves math and PE. She loves the flowers in spring, and playing with her dog, Osito.

Clara's family is supported through her father's occasional job as a bricklayer, and Clara helps her mother sells candies to the school children. Other than this, Clara and her siblings are enrolled in the Compassion program, where people like me send support to her and her siblings to provide for their schooling.

I love that I've been able to help Clara, and every time I receive a letter from her, I get to learn even more about her. Over the past year, I've received 8 letters, as the transportation and translation can take more than a month. Just recently I received a letter that was written in November of last year.

Every letter I receive from Clara talks about how thankful she is for her schooling, and how much she loves writing with me. If none of my other personal changes extend after the semester (which I do not anticipate to be the case), at least I know that I have directly influenced one person's life in a way that they could not have done themselves.