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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:04 PM
[world vision] MY HEART
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:05 PM
one of my sponsored kids' families moved out of their community
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:05 PM
I'M GOING TO MISS HIM buuuuah
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:05 PM
and I'd said that the next time one of my sponsorship ends, I'm going to go pick a kid from vietnam but...
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:06 PM
the little girl they automatically put me with (which I could say no to if I want) my heart hurrrrts
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:07 PM
I was wondering why she was listed as being 12, but her video is of a very small kid... she has been in the program for like at least five years
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:07 PM
either waiting for a sponsor or once had a sponsor and doesn't anymore
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:08 PM
and girls who are teens or preteens really hurt my heart because of how super vulnerable that age group is, and how often they get pulled out of school at that age if they go at all, etc. etc. etc.
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:09 PM
so I think I'm going to keep her as my next kid instead of saying no and picking one myself :<
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:09 PM
the kid who she is replacing had been one that I hadn't picked, so it's fitting that the choice of this one is out of my hands too, I think
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:09 PM
awwwwwwww
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:10 PM
I'd post pictures and stuff but I think she's from one of the protected areas...
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:10 PM
she and the boy before her are in the congo D:
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:11 PM
the DRC is sooo rough for kids
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:11 PM
Oh man. We have a lot of tenants from there...
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:11 PM
oh yeah?
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:12 PM
the DRC is so close to my heart now, even though sponsoring from there is kind of a trial
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:12 PM
because communication and safety and travel is so bad
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:12 PM
I hardly ever received my letters back from my boy, but I lived for the ones I did get, and his updates. his smile was INCREDIBLE
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:12 PM
Yeah, lots of refugees from the Congo and from India.
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:13 PM
Ooooh
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:13 PM
we have vietnamese and somali mostly in my neighborhood
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:13 PM
I hope that your boy is heading to a better community!
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:13 PM
me too! he seemed to be doing really well so
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:14 PM
We have mostly Nepalese, Congo, and ...gosh the third just went right out of my head
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:14 PM
I'd just gotten the video update of his community from last year and they've grown so much
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:14 PM
oh wow
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:14 PM
But there's also a little adorable old Pakistani woman who brings us homemade food sometimes.
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:14 PM
I wish somali wasnt so impossible to learn, man
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:15 PM
and I want to get back to my vietnamese soon
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:15 PM
awwww that's so sweet
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:15 PM
I want to learn Nepali and Swahili (and/or Kinyarwanda) because those are the most common languages among the property refugees
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:15 PM
I really want to make friends with the awesome folks running the vietnamese cafe downstairs
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:15 PM
ahh yeah
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:16 PM
I originally wanted to learn arabic for the syrian refugees here, but that's pretty impossible without a teacher, so I switched to vietnamese
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:17 PM
oh wow, this girl speaks Lingala. I haven't even heard of that one.
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:17 PM
I maaay have heard of it I think? It looks familiar
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:17 PM
gosh she has a smile like Dialo's ;;;;;;;
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:18 PM
aww her name is Divine, but pronounced div-in-eh
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:20 PM
oh! I dont see the sensitive area warning! I think I can share her picture
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@redpyre
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:22 PM
her newest picture (2020) and oldest picture (2012!!!)
Wayward Haze
@hopepunk
Thu, Jul 29, 2021 10:48 PM
Oh she's got a great smile!
euryale ☆
@Vyndasia
Fri, Jul 30, 2021 4:59 AM
oh nooooooooooooooooooo how cute
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@redpyre
Fri, Jul 30, 2021 6:35 AM
uuuah
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her newest picture (2020) and oldest picture (2012!!!)