About Wonder Letters

We appreciate each question sent our way! Here are a few common ones: 1. Why are Wonder Letters written from the perspective of a fictitious child? Wonder Letters are written using the most accurate and up to date information we have about the people group. However, the groups we highlight are unreached, meaning most of the time there are no outsiders living there. Not only is it not feasible to interview a real child in the people group, but doing so would have great potential to put the child, their family, and any future workers at risk. 2. What else does Wonder Letters do for security purposes? With a heart to be faithful co-laborers, Wonder Letters avoids naming specific people groups online. Information about UPGs is readily available elsewhere. Each Wonder Letter includes a QR code to a password secure members only Wonder Letter page with additional links, information, and resources on the people group. In addition, we are also locationally vague when possible, using broad or general locations when possible. For instance, a letter from a Somali refugee child might mention the horn of Africa, instead of a specific city. 3. How are Wonder Letters written? Using the most information we can gather from secular and religious sources, we write from the perspective of a child. Each Wonder Letter is beautifully crafted to be respectful and honoring of the culture and held beliefs. 4. Why is Wonder Letters often written from the perspective of a younger child? Here at Wonder Letters, we say that Wonder Letters are for kids of all ages, 0-99. We would love to write about teenagers and have it be lighthearted, educational, entertaining, and captivating. It would be educational and captivating but it would also be heavy. In many of the places we write about, young teens are already married, bearing children, and dealing with complex, adult issues of life. When able, we will write from the perspective of older children but you will find most Wonder Letters coming from the perspective of a younger child because they are most likely to have some sort of innocence attached to their lives.