Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sponsored Child in Ghana

Through Compassion International, the Youth & Young Adult Group sponsors Hannah Tekpekeh Kwao in Ghana, Africa. She was born May 17, 1998. Hannah makes her home with her father and her mother. Helping in the kitchen and running errands are her household duties. Her father is employed and her mother is sometimes employed. There are 4 children in the family. For fun, Hannah enjoys reading and playing group games. She attends church activities and Bible class regularly and is in primary school where her performance is average.

Please remember Hannah in your prayers. Our love and support will help her to receive the assistance she needs to grow and develop.

If you would like to send Hannah a letter, please use the form at the bottom of this page with the message you want to be included in the letters we compile and send to Hannah. You may also request for a postage-paid envelope and letterhead.

 

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Letters From Hannah
You can now view digital copies of Hannah's most recent letters!

October 3, 2009: Download PDF

September 19, 2009: Download PDF

August 19, 2009: Download PDF

July 31, 2009: Download PDF

July 18, 2009: Download PDF

June 6, 2009
Wao! What a wonderful Christian family. You are so cute! I love you all. [we sent the picture on this page to Hannah] Thank you very much for your love and support all this time. May the God Lord always protect you and keep you under his umbrella. My teacher taught me a memory verse from Psalm 1 verse 3, may this memory verse be your portion in life. People will come from far and near to eat your fruits and their will be comfort under you shade. Yes I do have fun during this Easter.  The truth is I wept when they were beating Jesus [referring to the Passion of the Christ movie] but after His resurrection I suddenly became happy. Soldier were bad they even spit on Jesus.  I love Jesus because He is very powerful. I love to join you one day.  I have so many things to share with you.  Can you please send me your names? ...Is that all your Sunday School children? I love your pictures! I really do. Please pray for my parent business.

May 15, 2009
Hannah learned how to forgive friends who offended her, and to pray for her enemies, like how Jesus did when he was on the cross.  He prayed for those who were beating him, including the armed robber.  This lesson was taught after watching the Passion of the Christ film at Compassion.  According to her, she went to church on Easter Sunday. She ate fufu and light soup after church.

April 15, 2009
I am always grateful for all that you have been doing for me and my family. Jesus will increase you in everything you do. Do you all go to the same church? We have a visitor from Colorado which makes me happy and hope that I will one day see you. And that day will be the memorable day in my life. I will surely pray for Jesus to open doors for you.  Bible says Jesus loves little children like me. So He will do for my sake.  I really had fun when we sang, danced, and played with them. School vaccated, Compassion is still going on. Family is OK. Please pray for my country and my education. I love you all. May the Lord bless you with wisdom and discernment for all your decisions.

February 15, 2009
Greetings from your sponsored child Hannah. She is very fine in health and writes to thank you for the Christmas gift. It was GHC 14.63 pesewas (click here for more information on this currency) from which she bought a beautiful dress for Christmas. She attended Sunday School and a party during Christmas. Hannah wants to know how you celebrated Christmas in the United States. She also request a prayer that you pray for her family for God's love and provision. She hopes to reading from you again soon. (This letter was received the week of March 23, 2009. We sent a reply on March 29, 2009)

October 15, 2008
I am doing well by the grace of the Almighty God - as well as my family. I am always happy you’ve found where I live. Nungua is near the coast. People love fishing. Our school also resume about a month now. I am enjoying it a lot. The weather is is very hot sometimes, windy, and sometimes warm. I will help you pray. May you please also help me pray for my country. We are in our election year. We are going to elect a new president for our country. Political parties were hurting each other. People were burning party offices  etc. We need God to intervene; we need peace. A proverb in our language says, “If two elephants are fighting, only the grass suffered.” I am enjoying Compassion so much. Next time or in my next letter, I will sing our Rohi Compassion song for you. Stay bless and may God increase you.

August 13, 2008
It has been a long time [since] I heard from you - how are you doing? I am writing to tell you how I am going to spend my holidays. Our school vacated on [the] 31st July. We will resume on 2nd September. I am attending holiday classes. Compassion classes on Saturdays and Sunday school on Sundays. I will help in the house after classes - I will also play with my friends. Stay bless!

May 2, 2008
It is a joy to write to you again. [I] am very fine [in] health - my parents, brothers, sisters, and friends are all fine too. Is everything well with you and the family? How is the weather over there? here in Ghana it is the raining season and the rains are causing floods in some areas of my community. i am writing to tell you how I spent the Easter Holiday. My school break for the holiday so I traveled to my home town for the Easter Celebrations. My home town is Add in the Togo Region of Ghana. My parents and [I] attended church Sunday school. I [learned] the love of God made Jesus to die for us. i want to see you one day. Please come visit me. One Good Friday, I went to church and on Holy Saturday I went to a party and on Easter Sunday I went to the children service and they taught me the resurrection of Jesus and how He came to die for our sins and he share His blood on the cross and share his flesh on the cross for us and the memory verse I was taught at Compassion is Exodus 15:2 -The Lord is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation.

February 2, 2008
As I am always happy in writing you, it’s a joy to be asked to write to you to thank you especially for the gift you send to me. I am doing well and I know God is watching over you too. Thank you very much for the money which amounted [to] GHC 1374 (? illegible) in our Ghanaian currency [Cedi] you sent to me. I was very happy when I was told about it and immediately I prayed God bless you always. The money was used to buy me a very nice dress and shoes. I wore them to church on the day of Christmas and in fact, everybody admired me which made me happier that day. I can never forget that day in my life and I will continue to thank you and pray for you. God richly bless you. Bye.

December 12, 2007
Thank you very much for the letter and the beautiful pictures you have sent me. It really uplift my spirit on high. I love the pretty tree and the youth who are very excited holding my special poster. I pray that God protects and guides all of you. May God increase Candace and Eli to become good leaders in the Lord and be able to sustain this noble course. I wish you merry Christmas and a happy new year full of long life and good health. We are fine over here by the grace of God, but above all stay bless.

September 10, 2007
Eventually your letter has brought a great joy in my spirit. I thank God that you have chosen my picture among others and I believe that God has a wonderful plan for us while we abide by His words. Over here we do not have chores to do at home, but rather we normally attend the Sunday school every Sunday and attend the Compassion Centre every Saturday where in fact, we learn more about Jesus Christ. I always pray for you, that the Lord should increase your ability to sustain the group and may you be abiding by the love of God and every plan that you have for me, come through. With Christ’s love!

August 10, 2007
Hello! Grace, peace, and mercy abides with you all. I thank God for your lives, [and Him] whom we all serve and for Him touching your heart to choosing me as your sponsored child. This is my first time to send a letter to someone and to tell him about my summer holidays. My school vacates on the 26th of August 2007 and probably resume on the 1st of September. Holidays over here are full of happiness because I have a little moment to have some rest. But then then every Saturday I visit the Robi [?] Child Development Centre, the Compassion Centre, where we all go and learn about the Lord Jesus Christ and I do the same on Sunday together with my friends. School re-opens on the 1st of September 2007. Stay bless.

July 24, 2007
Thank you very much for choosing to sponsor me. I am very happy when I was told that you have picked me. My family and friends also share with me this joy. God richly bless you, and I promise to be a very good girl, to to school and attend Sunday school. I will also pray for you all the time for God Almighty to continue to bless you. Thank you very much.