Many school kids proudly hold their backpacks and wait for their names to be printed on them. Dave shares a moment with Asher, my grandson as he remembers his grandkids back in the States.
Showers of blessings were everywhere as the group from High Hill Christian Church handed out 300 backpacks to some very anxious and excited children. Each bag was filled with a toothbrush, toothpaste, crayons, toys, stickers, candy and gum. It also had 3 bags of rice for each child provided by Feed My Starving Children and Love a Child ministries. A special thanks for this gracious donation to help us give each of these children the much needed nutrients and vitamins that they so desperately need. Smiles were contagious and could be found everywhere.
My daughter, Ashley Dorce' is an eight year old missionary kid. She is in third grade. There are 35 students in her class and one teacher. She was happy to receive her backpack. Many others patiently waited as we called out their names, one by one. We now have 185 children in the school at Carries. What a blessing! We also have two other schools. One at Legend and one in the mountains called Cupois. They have a total of 80 students. We don't know how to thank you enough for these beautiful backpacks with the school emblem and name of the school on them. Thank you all working with Tammy at the dentist for donating the money for them. You don't even know what a precious treasure you have given to these children. Something of their very own and something they can be very proud of. It may be the first thing, especially brand new, that they have EVER had. They come from large families because women usually just have children until they can't anymore or until they die in childbirth. They reason they keep having children is in hopes that if they have ten children at least one of them will survive and not die of hunger or disease and that one will take care of them when they are old. Needless to say, most of them wear hand-me-downs. Most things that might be bought for them are used already. I just wanted you to understand why they back packs are so special and why it was such a big deal to Wilckly and I too. Again, we are grateful to all of you.
Mdme Kiki
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