you know how sometimes you can look at someone - a complete stranger - and know that they have “it?” you can see in their eyes and their smile that they have what it takes to make a huge difference in the world.

i want you to meet pravallika.

she is eight years old and lives in a rural area of india called kurnool. typical houses are constructed of dirt floors, grass walls and thatch roofs. most adults in kurnool are unemployed but some work as day laborers and earn the equivalent of $38 per month.

i love her eyes. her smile. her confidence. and you would have never guessed it, but she’s an orphan.

yep. that beautiful, smiling, confident girl is an orphan. both of her parents died. she lives with her grandmother and two siblings.

she is only eight, but it looks like she has the wisdom of an adult.

whoever sponsors pravallika will no doubt be very, very proud of her. i wonder how bright her future will be!

KIM FROM BALTIMORE IS NOW SPONSORING PRAVALLIKA! WOOHOO!

you can sponsor pravallika by going directly to her sponsor page here.

note: please do not click the “select this child” button unless you are sure you would like to sponsor her, as doing so will make her page unavailable for an hour or so.

thank you all so much for the sponsorships so many of you have already committed to. chris and i got letters from both of our sponsor kids a week ago and it just rocked. linet wrote us an entire page and drew some awesome pictures for us. it’s truly amazing knowing that not only are we praying for them, they pray for us!