We arrived to Chilliwack!.. an awesome start for our campaign!

On our first day of the Chilliwack campaign (July the 5th), I decided to walk to the mall, it was a 40 minutes walk (not too bad). While on my way I kept thinking what was it going to be like. Whenever you are starting a campaign you always ask yourself so many questions, especially at a mall that we have never been to. Questions like "are we going to find nice staff members at the mall?" or "is the location of our booth a good one?" or "are we going to find sponsors today?" Well, we did find sponsors, we did find awesome mall staff members and the location of our booth is great. Win!

During our first weekend at the mall we were able to inspire nine people to become sponsors! One of them was a very nice lady with her son and daughter. I stopped them and they listened very carefully to what I said. I told them about Milena, a girl from Armenia who's situation was putting her in danger of quitting school, something that if is taken from you, it never comes back. They decided to sponsor her. I am always happy to see families that are willing to take the step together, and are aware of the struggles these children live in.

We are expecting to have an awesome campaign at Cottonwood mall in Chiliwack. We hope to save all the children that were assigned to us for that mall. We are determined to keep finding angels that are willing to help others (children and their families) with no regrets and a joyful heart. Thank you Chilliwack for an awesome start to the campaign!

Sincerely
Javier Cuellar
-The Lantern Project-