My blessing continues from there! Last night I stopped at the post office to get our mail. When I got home I was looking through my mail and discovered a letter with a foreign return address and my address in my own handwriting! Wow! One of the children actually wrote me a letter! You have no idea how much this means to me! I've always wanted to know where my shoe boxes went and I've always hoped that one would write me back! I'm so blessed!
I'm going to share that sweet letter that has blessed me so much in hopes that you will be blessed by it as well. First is the letter transcribed by me which was written in Spanish from them.
Senores: des saludo desde el Ecuador la Familia Ramos. Los deseamos que seencuentren my bien on todo sentido de la palabra. Mi hijo Jostin Zamir reubio la cajasamaritana lleno de sorpresos pero se alegro mucho mas al encontrar el sobre con su direcion y, yo tambien reubimos el sabado 12 do marzo a las 7 pm y. Estoy meyagradecido por los coeas que le enuiaran que. Dios les pague. Las postales estatanhermosas
Atentomente Angeles Ramos
nota: espero su contestacion hasta muy pronto
Hola: Soy Jostin Vivanco Ramos estoy feliz tengo 7 anos gracios
And now for the translation!
Gentlemen: des greetings from Ecuador Ramos Family. The hope you are well on my every sense of the word. My son Jostin Zamir relocation Samaritan box full of surprises but much more glad to find the envelope with your address and I also do reuben on Saturday March 12 at 7 pm y. I am grateful for the coeas mey you enuiaran that. God paid. The beautiful estate postcards
Sincerely Angeles Ramos
note: I hope your reply very soon
*NOTE: The following was written by the 7 year old boy.Hi, I'm happy Jostin Ramos Vivanco I have 7 years thanks
If anyone out there knows Spanish and can translate the words that the translator either got wrong or didn't get at all I would greatly appreciate your assistance!
Just a few thought here: This year I included envelopes in the boxes with our address on them. Perhaps that is what made it easier for them to send me a letter. I always send beautiful postcards that I buy while on vacation. Mostly I send postcards with the animals of West Virginia and the flowers of West Virginia on them. I also send a postcard of Blackwater Falls. I believe that since they enjoyed the postcards I sent them so much that they sent me a small picture of the town of Tungurahua with an active volcano exploding with the date of Oct. 99. On the back they wrote this: Nuestro querido Ambato: Saludos The translator tells me that it says: Our dear Ambato: Greetings. Yet another blessing from them! Not only did they write me a letter but they sent a little postcard that they have had for many years that possibly was a Treasure of theirs. It wasn't something they went to the store and bought. It was straight from their hearts. I LOVE it! They really do sound like a very gracious and friendly family. I hope to have further correspondence with them in the future!
Angela
15 comments:
Angela,
That's awesome. You are so wonderful!
Angela - I have never seen you so happy and your blog so alive - this was really special, and to you VERY special. SOunds like you did something awesome and they really appreciated it. You are so wonderful. (HUG) sandie
How wonderful. I take part in the shoe box program though our Church every year and have never thought to enclose a self addressed envelope.
I know you were over joyed to recieve the letter.
Molly
Now, how cool is that?? We've done the shoe box program too at Christmas time, very worthwhile project. Bet that letter tickled you pink!!
Wonderful!
How nice that you can correspond with the ones who received your boxes.
It makes is so much more personal!
I'm so happy for you!
Have a great weekend! :)
What a great thing you have received back from the family - and I know you only considered it a small thing you did for them to begin with, but to see how it blessed your heart for the response you received - that's so exciting!
That is really sweet. :) What a nice "return on your investment!"
WOW! Angela, I got excited reading how excited you were, thanks for sharing and I wish I could read/speak spanish to help out but I can't.But looks like the translation was good enough to realize, this family is so thankful and you have blessed them.You are awesome.
~JO
LazyonLoblolly
That's so wonderful, Angela!
What a sweet treasure. It has to add an extra measure of warmth and sweetness to know that your was appreciated.
That makes it really special. I hope you continue to correspond with them, but you're going to have to learn Spanish because they probably don't have a computer to help translate. Do you think they just got the box? She mentioned March 12th and it made me wonder if it took all that time to reach them. I think it was the mother that wrote?
What a great thing to happen... to get something like this from the family. My sister did that shoebox thing this year. I didn't find out about it in time, but we usually do Angel Tree. I would have been totally excited and I know my sister would have too, if she'd gotten something like this. She's supported a little girl through another program for several years (the girl will be 19 and out of the program next year I believe)and I know she gets really excited when she gets something from her. What a blessing you got for being a blessing to others! :)
How exciting!
That is so wonderful! :) They do sound like good people like you :)
God Bless!!
Katie
So happy to hear your great story I know it must have made your day. My church supports Samaritan's Purse too, it's a great organization, they do lots of good.
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