This week is Vacation Bible School at Calvary church. Jen has taken on the task of communicating more about our mission trip to Kenya. She will help the children to know a little more about what it is like for children in the rural villages of Kenya and why we are taking a medical team there. These children are thrilled to have a frisbee or ball to play with. Even more, they would be happy to have medicines readily available when they are sick with a fever or skin problem or stomach ailment. Often they may have to walk many, many miles to get medical help for a parent or sibling or even themselves. Sometimes walking is not even an option because they do not have the money for the medicine anyway. If an emergency arises and they need to be transported to a nearby medical facility, where often there are two people to a bed, that too cannot always take place, because the cost of transporting someone is so high. Often they are plagued with something that is easily treatable, but if left untreated can turn out fatal. As we have heard in some of the posted videos, for many there is no alternative, no option. We trust that the team going from Calvary church will make a small difference in the lives of some. All offering collected this week at VBS will go entirely toward medicines needed for the clinics. We thank God for people who are willing to give.
We pray that the boys and girls this week will learn something of what it means to care for someone else....even if on the other side of the world!
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