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All my kids are between 8 and 14. Thinking about adding a little one, but Im practically at my limit!

Suleane - 8 - Brazil
Odanni - 9 - Dominican Republic (CI)
Cristine - 9 - Philippines (CI Group)
Travin - 9 - Uganda (although his birthday isnt known and he is probably more like 11)
Lesly - 10 (CI)
Sabrina - 11 - Haiti
Erick - 11 - Ecuador (CI)
Yulia - 12 - Ukraine
Sasha - 13 - Ukraine
Gervas - 13 - Tanzania (although there is a discrepancy with his birthday so he might be 14)
Grace - 13 - Tanzania
Godfrey - 14 - Zambia
Putri - 14 - Indonesia
Dinh - 14 - Vietnam
Timur - 14 - Kazakhstan?

Mine are:

Jessalen (11) - Philippines

Irish (11) - Philippines

Jelyn (soon to be 11) - Philippines

Jordan (7) - Ecuador

Elina (9) - Colombia

Maria (8) - Philippines

I was going to update my list but it's rather pointless to do today as I have seven more kids with birthdays this month (I already had b-days on the 2nd and one today!) July is my crazy month when it comes to sponsor kids' birthdays! By the end of the month, my CI kids will all be ages 4 - 13 (every age is accounted for) and Saheba is 18.

I definitely have higher numbers of kids of certain ages... ten 7-year olds (I love this age because usually they are just beginning to write for themselves), six 10-year olds and seven 11-year olds. I seem to love adding 9 year olds, I think they're just old enough to start really figuring things out and really understanding the sponsorship program, but most of my 9 year olds have turned 10 or now 11, hence the higher numbers there! LOL!

Yadira 8yo.

Kriszha or Cha-Cha 14yo.

Vivian 12yo.

Sahina 8yo.

Mine are:

14 - Yorleny (Honduras)

12 - Joseline (Guatemala)

9 - Abish (Honduras), Gretel (Nicaragua) and Wendy (Guatemala; she'll be 10 at the end of the month)

8 - Damaris (Guatemala)

7 - Damarys (Guatemala)

5 - Anyi (Honduras)

4 - Sury and Linda (Guatemala)

I have a clump of 9-year-olds even though I was trying to space everyone out. I guess I didn't notice since Abish just had her birthday, and Wendy's is right around the corner.

I only sponsor 1.

Daniela ( pictured ) just turned 8.

Most of my kids fall in the 11 year old range :)

Jessavel - 16 (Philippines)

Sonia - 11 (Colombia)

Yiseth - 11 (Colombia)

Odilia - 11 (Guatemala)

Magda - 11 (Guatemala)

Patricio - 10 (Chile)

Bleidis - 9 (Colombia)

Francisco - 8 (Colombia)

Ma. Luisa - 7 (Philippines)

Hoping to add Nelson soon, age 8, from Colombia. He is the same age as Francisco, but little Francisco looks so much younger.

Nayelis is 8 (she will be 9 on 9/23) and Wynderly is 7. And I am looking to possibly sponsor a younger (3 or 4) child so I can see that child grow up from the start of life almost.

My children- from oldest to yougest

Jenny Lyn- 14
Memory- 11
Marleny-10
Any- 10
Benard- 10
Elizabeth- 10
Yna Patricia- 9
Cecil- 8 (she turns 9 on the 17th!)
Rajesh- 8
Jeimy Gabriela- 5
and my newest addition- Jennilyn- 4

rosibel 8

alondra 8

twin sisters

bayron 5

group sponsorship

odilia 11 ( I think)

all from guatemala

This is an older thread, but very interesting to me. I hope it is to you as well.

Rose-Ann - 18 - Legaspi
Garlhen - 17 - Quezon City
Jillian Mae - 8 - Tabaco
Jillian Bonita - 7 - Tabaco (I am her first and only sponsor. I have had her since she was 3)
Dainis - 3- Barranquilla (I believe she had another sponsor for a very short time. At least there is an older photo of her on her page)
Duvanis - 2 - Cartegena (I am her first and only sponsor also)

Thanks for posting this again.  Current update:

Me:

Eyra (Guatemala), age 16

Julieth (Colombia), age 15-->16

My mom:

Angy (Colombia), age 16-->17

Neha (India), age 14

Mirna (Guatemala--Mayan), age 12

We are also both in groups for Paul and Mirriam, two 14-year-old Zambian kids

We also sponsor a Kenyan girl age 15 or 16 through a different organization.

Question: for those of you who have multiple kids--especially if a half-dozen or more, do you have any suggestions for how to keep better ORGANIZED prompts/record-keeping on when school fees are due, asking for Education Reports, keeping track of when letters have been sent/received and who should be written next, occasional inquiries about the general well-being of the child or family, etc?

I know how to do these things, and have been doing them successfully for my kids, but if I am ever in a position to afford more kids, I would need to upgrade my organization skills. 

Luis is 15 years old

Brightspot I keep a binder and with the clear holders for each child.  i have a piece of paper on the front of each page that has the childs birthday and any sng or inquiries i am waiting for or wanting to send.  I also keep a notebook I wright down the date each month I send my monthly sponsorship.  I guess somepeople can send it all at once but I have a very limited budget (I have 3 young kids myself) and i have to space my sponsorship out through a few weeks.  I have though that maybe it would have been better for me to have just sponsored 3 or 4 kids and provided more for them but then I remind myself that at least I write to them and I do/will send them SNG at some point even it is once a year...a lot of kids dont even get that. :)

Hi Brightspot!

I have 16 that I sponsor directly and a total of 30+ that I provide some form of assistance to although I am not their sponsor. The way I keep things organized on Birthdays, SNG's school, etc is to use an Excel spreadsheet.... it is the only way I can do it. Hope that helps.

I only have three kids to keep track of, but I put all their birthdays on my Outlook calendar with a reminder set for I believe 2 months before the birthday so I remember to include a happy birthday message in my letter to them closest to their birthday. I also have some SNG reminders in Outlook.

If you use some sort of calendar program already, I recommend adding events to the calendar with reminders set X weeks ahead of time so you remember what's coming up.

Camila (12)

Jemarose (12)

Two little girls both from the Philipinnes

Roanalyn 6 years old

Jefferin 7 years old

Jay - 2 (Philippines)  <3  <3  <3

Aliyah - 2 (Philippines)  <3  <3  <3