Thursday, April 9, 2015

Messages to Sahara Sarah

The following are messages to Sarah Thebarge from our 5th grade class after I read aloud The Invisible Girls (abridged) to the students. We loved the book and wanted to share these notes with her!
Sincerely,
--Mr. Riedl


I think you're awesome and that you have a lot of courage to defend them and to care for them. I think your a big influence on my life. -Caroline

Dear Sarah, thank you for having faith during hard times. Also for being such a humble person. Sincerely, Matthew

I love your book! Because I read this book, it makes me want to help others. Also I loved yout courage you had with the family and the hope you gave them for a new life in America! -Leanna

Sarah I love how you help the Invisable Girls through their sturuggles in surviving this World and new life, from when they were in Samlia. It is amazing how you helped the girls even while going through Breast Cancer. I hope you are do well! I love the book you wrote a lot! I hope you are going to make another book. My favorite part of your book is when the girls go to Chucky Chesse and call it Chucky Jesus. Your book inspired me to help my friends and family more. I want to thank you for writing that book. I love that you helped them! -Marin

We finnished reading your book and loved it. I love how generous you are to the girls. -Kate

I really enjoed the book, and I think you were really brave and loving towards the girls, and that you made them feel loved and special. My favorite part is when you brought the girls to Chucky Cheese! -Olivia

What I appreciated about the Invisible Girls is that there is a lot of detail. It was fun reading about you and the girls. You were very brave to reach out to the girls. -Michael

My favortie part of The Invisible Girls is when Sarah brought them home and Lilo said "What The H***!" -Andrew

Dear Sahara Sarah, I apprecate what you did to help The Invisable Girls and how you put the funny parts in it was a very good book. -Will

I am outstanded tghat you had enough courage to raise those kids and helping them. God made you a very spiecal person.(Sahara) -Calvin

I think your a great person for helping the girls. Eavan (I cant spell) when you were having a hard time yourself. You still stuck with it and I aadmire that! -Jonah

Dear Sahara Sarah, your book was really cool and i liked it a lot. I think it was really cool what you did for the Samali Family. Sincerely, Samuel

Sarah you are so amazing on how you didn't give up on The Invisible Girls no matter what. You are a great roll model I want to be like you. -Lindsey

Dear Sahara Sarah, I appreciate that you had the courage to take a samoly girl that you didn't know and let her sit on your lap and lean on your chest even though it is your most sensitive part of your body. I love how you still go and visit the girls. I love how you take care of the girls.while Hadhi was sick. I also appreciate how you arent afraid to take the girls out in public. I love how you're helping the girls be able to go to collage .I hope you can continue to help more people in a situation like theirs.I love how you go and see them as much as you can.You should make another book or make a movie.I appreciate how you helped them with their homework and helped them with their social skills. I want to buy your book because it is so good. I'm going to tell my friends to keep trusting no matter what happens, God will help you. Keep believing. One of my favorite parts in the book is when you took them to Chuke Jesus (aka Chuke Chees) and Lilo banging on the door stales and yelling my poop is coming out my poop is coming out. Poor Lilo and when Chaki was scared of the toilet. I'm going to try to do the same thing you did. I wish I have the courage and bravery you have. I love how you are paying for the girls to go to collage. I love how the money you get from the books is the money you pay with for the girls to go to collage. I love that no matter what happens you stand strong. Sincerly, Kay Cee

Dear Sahara Sarah, my favorate part of The Invisible Girls was, well, MY POOP IS COMMING OUT!!! Thank you for writing such a good book! When are you gonna do the next book? Scincerely, Halen

I appreciate that you helped the Somali girls.I loved that you were always there for them.#aww#Sarah -Natalie

Sarah you inspire me to reach out in the world to people who need help. I love your book because of your kindness and my name is Sarah too. :) -Sarah

Today Im going to seattle and I was wandering if I could give You a Gift for the girls. -Robby

I thought that [you were] very brave. [Your] book was very fun to listen to. I liked the part when Chaki thought there was free money at Chucky Jesus. -Hannah

Dear Sahara, I think your book was pritty funny sichuations with the girls. It was brave of you to help the girls. -Jonah

Dear Miss Sarah, I really loved The Invisible Girls. You are SOOOOOO brave and I really admire your kind heart.I also love the detail of the book. Next time you see the girls, please tell Chaki she is adorable, Lelo she is goofy(in a good way...like me!), Sadaka she is unique, Abdala she is beautiful, and Fahari she is very smart. My mom said you spoke at her Bible meeting thing in Portland, Oregon! That's where I'm from. My mom loves your book (she read it too!). By the way, I think you are very pretty, inside and out. I hope someday I will be able to do something as amazing as what you did; my name is Katy (Katyis short for Kathryn). Oh!!! Tell Hadhi she is an incredible person and she's very brave. Do you have cancer anymore? None the less, I will pray for you and the girls. My teacher, Aaron Riedl, says he knows you. He's so lucky! I hope someday I can meet you, too. You are SOOOOOO amazing! Oh my goodness!!! How were you so brave? Please tell me when you come to Portland next so I can see you!You are so kind, brave beautiful, and you trusted God even when it wasn't easy. Thank you for your kindness and generosity to these girls. How old are the girls now? What do they look like? I hope they will go to college someday. What was your favorite part of the experience with these girls? What did you learn from it? I wish I could met the girls and Hadhi(and you of course!). Well, I hope I can meet you soon (if ever, which I'm hoping for)!! From, Katy

I'm glad that you wrote that amazing and funny book! I'm so sorry about the cancer part but it was a grate book! I hope you make another book! -Owen

I really enjoyed The Invisible Girls. Its inspired me to help families in need. I wish there was a second book. -Hannah

dear sarah thanks for makeing a book about your little adventures with the girls it was funny and sad at points. But i liked how you made it very into. thanks again and will you please write another book. -Emily

Dear Sarah, I apprediate what you did about helping the invisable girls. I think it was very brave and kind of you to think about them and care about them so much. I love how you had perserverence. Love, Keiran