Kids Club June 18

(click here for more June 18 Kids Club photos)

We began our Summer Program for the Kids Club at the Zambiza dump this past Wednesday. It was a little unorganized as we are no longer meeting in the old, nasty room down by where some of the garbage was being sorted by some of the "miners." Ever since the government came and razed down the shacks along the street a few months ago, we have been worried that they will also tear down the run-down building where the Kids Club has been meeting the past several years.

So . . .

. . . We are now meeting in the new room built by Extreme Response at the Day Center there at the dump. We are grateful for having a cleaner, larger space. However, this first week was a little crazy trying to figure out how to do things a bit differently and organizing the day center children (ages 4 - 6) along with our regular Kids Club kids who are ages 1 - 13+ (plus the various moms who come). But it all worked out fine and pretty soon we'll have a system figured out for future Kids Clubs on Wednesday afternoon.

And to add to the craziness, a major rain storm passed through right when Teresa was telling the Bible story. The rain and hail on the tin roof made it almost impossible to be heard! But she just kept on going as if nothing was happening and the children miraculously paid attention!

But we are glad to say that since Wednesday, a couple of guys from ER worked hard to put in flourescent lighting and a drop ceiling, which will help tremendously to lower the noise level and provide better lighting! Thanks, Bill and Mike! We appreciate your hard work!

Back to Wednesday - it was also a special day as we handed out Samaritan's Purse boxes. To all of you out there who have participated in the Samaritan's Purse program of filling shoe boxes with gifts for children in third world countries, we THANK YOU! We wish that you could join us on this end - handing out the boxes and seeing how happy all the children - it's really wonderful time and the boxes really are special for them. THANK YOU again!

I've included a couple of photos from Wednesday. If you'd like to see more, please click HERE and you will go to an on-line album to see more photos.

AND PLEASE PRAY for the Vacation Bible School which will be held there at the dump NEXT WEEK Tuesday to Friday. A team from a church near Atlanta, GA, will be coming to provide a four-day VBS for the children. It's always a wonderful time and a great way to reach out to the children and their families. A hearty "Thank You" to the team from Crabapple for coming.