Awhile back I mentioned that we had adopted a child through World Vision. Abdiel Enoc Amaya is 12 years old and lives in El Salvador. We’ve received two letters from him so far and we are puzzled. The first one was basically to thank us for sponsoring him and the second one was in response to an email we sent to him right after we “adopted” him. We then sent a package so I am sure we have another letter coming.

The problem is this: the information we got from World Vision says that he has 4 brothers and 4 sisters whereas one of the letters he sent says he has one brother. And…as you can see in the pictures the handwriting is CLEARLY not the same! Aaacckk! So, now what. I hate to be a jerk but I want to know that Abdiel is real and getting the money and gifts we are sending to him. We’ve kind of decided to wait for the next letter and see what the writing looks like on that one. Any ideas or experiences?