A cooking pot with a lid

Child sponsorship costs so little and covers some of the basics like medical and dental care, educational assistance, a few items of clothing each year and access to basic food items, but the sponsored children's families struggle with extreme poverty every day.

There's a special day each year that is set aside by the organization to honor the families of the sponsored children by giving the family a special and needed, practical gift.

A few weeks after designating a few dollars to go toward this venture, I received a letter saying my donation had been used to purchase a large cooking pot with a lid for the children’s family.

As I thought about this family needing and receiving such a basic item like a cooking pot with a lid, I imagined that it might be replacing an old unsanitary or rusty item that had been witness to most, if not all, of this family’s meals.

Full of guilt, I thought of the many pots and pans in a lower kitchen cabinet of mine.

I think I’ll be going through pots and pans soon to donate what isn’t used enough to warrant keeping.