The Kids Club Ministry!



Chantal is always very shy.



We have enjoyed  being involved with Kids Club again.  Kids Club is the HIV orphan ministry that the hospital runs.  These are kids that nobody can care for. They have technical homes, but are considered a burden on there new families who often have many other children. They often go without meals and usually go without love. Three days a week, the children come to the hospital and are given a meal, bible lesson, play some games, and receive much needed love. 

The local Chaplin, who is in charge of Kids Club, came to me concerned because their volunteers have been busy and have not been able to come to help as they had done previously.  He also has a lot of other work to do and cannot always be a Kids Club three times a week.  We talked a while and then after talking with a few of the other missionaries, we came up with the idea of hiring a full time person to help with Kids Club. The only issue of course was funding.

Fortunately, before we left, Harvest Church, our church in New Hampton, was able to send us with money that could be used on the missions field.  What a blesssing! We are very excited about this opportunity. Harvest Church will be able to fund one Kids Club leader for a year.  This leader will improve the organization and stability for the kids. Her role will consist of planning two Bible lessons a week, one health topic, a weekly Bible verse, and organization of games and activities. 



Colin enjoying jump rope, we all celebrated when he finally made 5 jumps in a row.



We have also found the perfect person to take on this project.  She is a 24 year old, single lady, who lives very close to the hospital, her name is Priscilla.  She can also speak good English and Shona, so she will be very good at translating for short term missionaries that visit.  I think she will play a very important part in the lives of these children as it will be someone they can rely on.

I have attached pictures that I hope you will enjoy.  One of the first times that we went down to Kids Club, I had Beau bring his Christmas candy to share!  He wasn't so excited to give his candy away, but the kids there sure appreciated it!



Beau giving away Christmas candy!