A monday with 4 sponsors!

Today (Monday) it was the morning of the "Decadent Duo!" to start the shift (and the week). Sean and John arrived at the booth, as usual, pumped up and ready to find angels within the mall. I have to admit that I love John's attitude when he shows at the booth. He brings and transmits positive energy to whoever is working with him. I remember one day I was working in the morning when John showed up, he walked to the booth and with a serious face (very serious) he asked me "do you smell that?" I was like... "Uh, .. smell what?" John said "I smell sponsors man, they are right here!" We both laughed really hard. Today, when I got to the booth for my shift, Sean had already signed a sponsor and John had signed two! I really like working with my team, they are the best and are really passionate.

It was my turn now to find someone who was going to make a decision to save a child today. I started stopping people, many of them just said "no thank you, I have no time" or "not interested" or "I'll be back." I kept going until I stopped a lovely lady and her mom. I had a very nice conversation with them and then Sarah (the daughter) started asking a lot of great questions about the program on how it helps the children and how you would communicate with the children. I love finding people whose heart is in tune with the cause and are genuinely interested in helping a child. After a few minutes within our conversation Sarah decided to sponsor Irene, from Uganda. A girl who's dad passed away and her mom is finding difficult to provide for her; definitely a situation that needs immediate intervention. Sarah decided to sponsor through the her bank so we called the bank. Oh boy, the bank took ages to answer the call, but they waited patiently! 

They didn't go to the mall to sponsor a child, but during our conversation Sarah said something interesting. "The other day I saw an ad on TV, I don't remember if it was World Vision, but I wrote down the number because I wanted to help. It is very interesting that a week after I find you guys in the mall." To all the people that are thinking or think that we are sales people, let me tell you we are not. I believe with all my heart that instead of selling, we are providing people an opportunity to help, just like we did with Sarah today; she was there, we were at the mall, the opportunity was given and I am really glad Sarah took it. Irene's life will never be the same thanks to Sarah!

The Lantern Project

-Javier Cuellar-