You’re Part of Their Amazing Story

Your sponsorship is changing a child’s life in powerful ways, and your encouragement means more than you know. Send a letter or gift today to remind them they’re seen, loved, and never alone.

Send a Thoughtful Letter to Your Sponsored Child!

1. Write Online

 Type up your note and our team will print it out, translate if needed and deliver it to the intended child. It’s a quick and easy way to show you care, plus it will save you a stamp.

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2. Mail a Letter

 Mail a one page/one sided letter to:

Show Mercy International
P.O. Box 1003
Port Gibson, MS 39150

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Send a Special Gift to Your Sponsored Child!

1. Give a Backpack

Your gift will go toward providing backpacks for children, helping them step into school prepared and confident.

2. Mail a Gift

Mail a gift to us and it will be given to your child during the next mission trip to Uganda!

Show Mercy International
PO Box 1003
Port Gibson, MS 39150

See more information below.

A Few Tips

  1. Sending physical items.
    If you would like to send in a gift, please keep in mind that we can only accept items that are flat and fit inside a 6×9 envelope or a Ziploc bag. This helps us manage limited space when traveling to Uganda. Great options include small photo albums, printed pictures, bookmarks, stickers, or pencils. Please do not send candy or money. We also ask that all packaging be removed before sending to help reduce waste and simplify delivery.

  2. Tips for writing to your sponsored child
    Write about things that your sponsored child will understand, such as family, pets, work, church, hobbies, tastes in food, music and activities. Encourage your child’s learning and remind your child that you are thinking of them often and praying for him/her. To ensure your privacy, please do not include your address or contact information in your letter.

What is the process once we receive your letter?

  1. We deliver every letter personally
    Your letter or email is sent to Uganda by a team when they travel. Every single letter is personally delivered to your sponsored child, and translated if needed.

  2. Your child will always receive your letter
    Every letter you send is always given to your child. They truly love receiving them and hold onto them.

  3. Responses are written throughout the year
    As our program has grown, children now write responses at different times throughout the year rather than one at a time.

  4. You can expect at least one response each year
    Because of school schedules, language differences, and the number of children in the program, not every letter will receive an immediate reply. However, each child will respond at least once per year.

  5. We send their response directly to you
    When your child writes back, our team collects those letters and brings them back to the U.S. with traveling teams. From there, we carefully sort and mail them directly to you.

Stay Connected. Make an Impact.

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Grace's Story:

In 2004, when we began Show Mercy, we had no idea the depth and reach this journey would take. We simply said yes to helping 50 children. That’s it. No grand strategy. Just obedience.

And that’s when I met Grace—a quiet, wide-eyed little boy sitting in a church service. I invited him to sit on my lap, and from that moment on, he had a special place in my heart.

Grace’s story was painful. His father had died of AIDS, and by custom, he was sent to live with his grandparents. At just seven years old, Grace was forced to work in the fields from dawn to dusk, digging for food with his bare hands. He wasn’t allowed to go to school. He slept on the hard mud floor. His clothes were rags. He was in constant pain—his feet and hands raw and infected from living barefoot in the dirt.

When he was finally brought into our sponsorship program, everything changed.

A Heart Transformed

Grace was safe. He had a bed. A blanket. Shoes. Meals. Clean water. Medical care. An education. But more than all of that—he had love.He would run to carry my bags every time I visited. He started dreaming big, bold dreams. He told me with glistening eyes that one day he would be a pastor and evangelist for Jesus. And over and over again, he dreamed of fishing—casting nets—pulling in a catch.

One day, as he wept in my arms sharing the horrors of his early life, he suddenly lifted his head, smiled, and said something I will never forget:

“I now know what it means to be a King’s kid.”

Grace discovered who he truly was—not an orphan, not a slave—but a son of the King. That truth changed everything for him. And it became a cornerstone of this ministry’s calling.

The Final Goodbye

In 2008, we received the heartbreaking news that Grace had passed away. While being treated in the hospital for an injury, doctors discovered he had leukemia. It progressed quickly, and we didn’t even have time to say goodbye.

But then, something miraculous happened. My husband Mike had a dream. In it, Grace was sitting on Jesus’ lap—radiant, whole, joyful. He looked at Mike and said something like:

“Thank you… for showing me what a good Poppa is on the earth.”

He woke up in tears. It was as if Grace had come back one last time to say thank you—and to pass the baton.

Send your sponsored child a note!

Use this form to send a special note to your child in Uganda.
You can upload a few small photos as well.