Love is in the air
Hi KidsServe families!
Every month as we get together, I never leave the meeting without feeling amazed by the amount of pure love our children can give to complete strangers. Once they are provided with info about those in need, and once they are given a task, they work at it with full passion and compassion, perhaps without even realizing how much love they have for others. The same goes to the parent/teenager volunteers. The meetings cannot happen without your full on support and love!
This month, our kids have demonstrated yet again how much love they have in them.
We had two things to focus this month of love: 1. Our sponsor child Aisha in Tanzania. We set out to write messages in a form of hand shape cut outs. Each child traced their own hands, wrote his/her name and wrote their favorite things in each finger. Aren't they sweet? Our hope is that Aisha will get a better feel of who she is loved by.
The second focus of the day: A wonderful organization that provides housing and care for the families with seriously ill children--the Ronald McDonald House (RMH). We have viewed two of these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhWRLDVO4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNgA5AoI9mk
I lost count of how many times I watched theses videos and every time I do, I have a hard time not crying. To imagine the pain the sick child and the family members must go through, and to imagine how much love and care they receive at the RMH brings me this mixture of pain and joy all together..
After the videos, we shared our experience of being sick (most kids have already gotten a cold or two this winter season) and how it must feel to be seriously ill for a long period of time. We all understood the importance of having family members nearby when a child goes through series of procedures at the hospital.
One small way we thought would be helpful to the family members who first arrive at the RMH was to provide them with welcome bags. Our children decorated cotton bags with a heart shape, wrote messages on tags and stuffed the bags with toiletry items, beanie babies and crayons with a scripture coloring sheet featuring Jeremiah 29:11 that reads
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Each bag turned out unique and VERY cute!
Announcement:
RMH has a Red Shoe 5k Run and Walk and would love for us to get involved.
If you are interested in volunteering for the RMH- that would be fantastic.
The race is not until May 21st, but it's a fun family friendly day. You can check
out more info here: http://www.rmhcdc.org/redshoe5k
Till next time!
With love,
KidsServe
Every month as we get together, I never leave the meeting without feeling amazed by the amount of pure love our children can give to complete strangers. Once they are provided with info about those in need, and once they are given a task, they work at it with full passion and compassion, perhaps without even realizing how much love they have for others. The same goes to the parent/teenager volunteers. The meetings cannot happen without your full on support and love!
This month, our kids have demonstrated yet again how much love they have in them.
We had two things to focus this month of love: 1. Our sponsor child Aisha in Tanzania. We set out to write messages in a form of hand shape cut outs. Each child traced their own hands, wrote his/her name and wrote their favorite things in each finger. Aren't they sweet? Our hope is that Aisha will get a better feel of who she is loved by.
The second focus of the day: A wonderful organization that provides housing and care for the families with seriously ill children--the Ronald McDonald House (RMH). We have viewed two of these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhWRLDVO4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNgA5AoI9mk
I lost count of how many times I watched theses videos and every time I do, I have a hard time not crying. To imagine the pain the sick child and the family members must go through, and to imagine how much love and care they receive at the RMH brings me this mixture of pain and joy all together..
One small way we thought would be helpful to the family members who first arrive at the RMH was to provide them with welcome bags. Our children decorated cotton bags with a heart shape, wrote messages on tags and stuffed the bags with toiletry items, beanie babies and crayons with a scripture coloring sheet featuring Jeremiah 29:11 that reads
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Announcement:
RMH has a Red Shoe 5k Run and Walk and would love for us to get involved.
If you are interested in volunteering for the RMH- that would be fantastic.
The race is not until May 21st, but it's a fun family friendly day. You can check
out more info here: http://www.rmhcdc.org/redshoe5k
Till next time!
With love,
KidsServe
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