Is it possible to love someone who lives thousands of miles away, whom you’ve never met, and doesn’t even speak your language? I know it sounds crazy, but that’s what happened when I began sponsoring 3-year-old Emeling Sanchez to receive an education at the LifeLink School in Nicaragua.

For only $35 per month, I adopted a new family, established an awareness of missions, and fell in love with the hope and possibilities that this precious child would have. Then, a year after sponsoring Emeling, I met her on a short-term mission trip through LifeLink International to Nicaragua! There are no words to describe the impact that this trip has had on my life, but a piece of my heart was left there, and I immediately knew that this was not my last dance with international missions.

God used Emeling to jumpstart a plan for my life.
In September, I am starting my journey into full-time world missions. What’s best is that I will be returning to Nicaragua as part of my route! What started as a “good deed” has now become a destiny. Her family wanted to thank me for giving their daughter a chance at a future through a first-class education, but I am thanking their daughter for giving me a reason to live out my future the way God intended.

What a journey it has been thus far; what an adventure it will turn out to be!

-Kristina Smith, Child Sponsor
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Please consider sponsoring a child at the LifeLink School in Nicaragua today. Your sponsorship will forever change the life of that child!

If you would like more information about our child sponsorship program, visit us online at: http://bit.ly/childsponsorship.
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In September 2013, Kristina will be embarking on an 11-month mission trip called, “The World Race.” For more information, visit: kristinasmith.theworldrace.org.