Financial
Sponsorship
donations are $300 a year for a primary student, and $500 a year for a secondary student. You
may contribute monthly, three times a year, or annually. If you choose to contribute three times a year, donations are needed by March 5, June 5, and November 5.
Our goal is provide continuity in schooling and relationships, and we expect your sponsorship commitment to continue to the end of the child's secondary education. If you
need to make a change to your commitment, please contact Karen Lau so that we can manage the child's transition to a new sponsor.
There
are 2 ways to donate:
1.
Submit your donation online at: www.uppc.org.
Step-by-step directions may be found at the bottom of this page.
This is the preferred way to make your donation.
2.
Use the special sponsor envelopes (sent to you each January) and
mail to the church or place in the slot box on the church office
door. Please make your check out to UPPC and write Kenya Mission on
the memo line. You may use a substitute envelope, but please mark it
KENYA SPONSORSHIP MINISTRY. Include the name(s) of your sponsored
student(s) and the amount per student that you are donating. Please
do not put your donation in the collection plate.
Prayer
Pray
for your child. Pray as you would for your own child or grandchild.
Pray that the child would always know how much God loves them, and to
turn to Him always. Pray for health, safety, and food security for
the child and their family. When you begin the sponsorship, you will
receive a photo of the child. It you place it on your refrigerator
or another place with family photos, it will keep the child close to
your heart and enable you to easily share your ministry with family
and friends.
Building
Relationships
Your relationship with your sponsored child may be as important as your financial contribution. Most students
are thrilled to have an American friend or “mum” or “dad.”
They will thank you and thank God for you and will pray for you. The
distribution of letters to and from your child may be very slow, as
it may involve hand carrying to-and-from remote places. If you are
sponsoring a very young child, you may want to write directly to the
parent or guardian.
Please
invite other members of your family to write. It can be especially
meaningful for children to directly correspond.
Current
postage is $1.20. You may purchase international “forever”
stamps. You may use a standard long white envelope and include some
photos or stickers for this postage.
Mail
your letters to:
c/o HOPE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY
PO Box 832
Meru, Kenya
2. Choose “GIVE BACK – Serve and Donate”
3 Choose
“Give Online”
4. Under “OTHER
DONATIONS/PAYMENTS:” Choose “Meru sponsorship”
5. Sign in or
contribute as a guest
6. Fill in the
information making certain that “Amount” just has the number, not the $
7. Scroll down and click on either CONTRIBUTE NOW or SCHEDULE
CONTRIBUTION Suggestion: Do CONTRIBUTE NOW unless you are sure of the process
and the scheduling.
8. Make a note of your receipt number or print your receipt.