Be Joyful in Hope: our mission is to give hope and joy to Ukraine orphans.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Monday

Skinny arms, we see a lot of those here. Just plain skinny. Part of the reason we host is to provide fruit and healthy meals to the orphans. They are precious in His sight.

I talked about Candace yesterday. I'm adding a little more today. She found out we had no meals scheduled. A young woman in her 20's, she went to the store bought a meal for yesterday, a few for the pantry and what we needed for breakfast today too. A generous spirit, she learned it from her parents. That is just another example of seeing the body of Christ working to serve orphans. Candace and Rachel are both planning on going to camp in Ukraine next year. They are requesting to go longer than 2 weeks. If we get enough funding for camp we can do camps in different orphanages and villages all summer so children can hear about Jesus. Please pray as we make plans for next year. Remote villages that are not reached means some camps will have poor accommodations.

Last night Rachel was having a fun impromptu English lesson with Dennis (Dean-I like it). They began cooking us a lemon cake. The kitchen was filled with orphans helping and watching. This was a very exciting event. I do not think many of them had cooked at home in a kitchen. The small things mean a lot to these children. No expensive gift involved, just baking a cake and lots of fun.

It's before 8a.m. Most of the children are awake. Ricky has gone to work. One adult and 18 children. If you have time please volunteer. Thank you.

Today we are going swimming at the Hafner's. Tonight we will be at home. Come get blessed and meet these precious children. What can you do? Play ball? Hug? Trust God and serve Him by...playing...yes, playing. Off to cook breakfast.