One thing we underestimate is the power of a personal letter to a child who has been told by the world that they are of no value. Worthless.

I have seen too many children who no longer believe they are special…or important…or loved.

But then, I have met some that will tell me all about their special American friend. A person or family who writes them and sends pictures.

“Do you know Donna?” (Or John, Marvin, or Mary)

They ask me in the way a child thinks all Americans must know each other by their first names only.

Then they produce a stack of letters and photos, clutching them as if they were made of the purest gold.

Never underestimate the power of a letter written to a child.