Month: August 2010

Paulette Takes the Books to Peru

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Paulette is a missionary who went to Peru this summer. Members of our Virginia Beach BSF class found out about my fledgling anti-parasite books and bought 250 Spanish copies as a surprise and a gift of support to Paulette. Here’s an excerpt of a recent email she sent to me:

Hi Jean,
 
Yes, I am home and thank you for making the trip a success with the wonderful books, even the grownups enjoyed them.
 
We arrived in Peru on Wed. night late. We started working (in Gamaliel) on a security wall the first thing, the next day we had short Bible stories with the children and made witness bracelets.  The children loved being hugged and it was heart rendering to see the love and appreciation on each little face..  At Gamaliel, the school and church were surrounded by the security wall.  As high up as you could see were little homes (shacks) with dirt floors, maybe one window and a door……..children, animals, chickens, ducks, dogs, & cats.  When we started on the wall, children began to peek out and come out of their homes.  Some of the women and children pitched in, helping pass bricks in the line that we had going up the hill. 
We worked there two days doing Bible stories with the children, different types of Bible crafts and of course, giving out a goodie bag with the coloring books (thank you again) candy, stickers, pencils, sharpeners, etc……..the look on their faces was priceless……….. As you suggested, I did put each book in a zip lock bag along with their colored pencils so they would not get dirty or wet… 
 
We are already planning another mission trip for April and I hope it will be back to Peru……….God had touched our hearts with a passion for these people and it is a serious situation there.  They need many, many things…….the school needs painting, windows, etc………..I am so thankful for the opportunity help spread God’s Word to these people and pray that I can do it again soon
 
Thanks again for the wonderful books and your love for God and these people.
Paulette

 

Elementary Schools Color Their World With Love

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Emma and Lilly collected over 10,000 pencils at Twin Hickory Elementary in Richmond

My hubby Steve comes from an enormous family made up of people with huge hearts – and they don’t just talk the talk; they walk the walk. His great niece, Joan McMichael, who is technically my niece too even though she’s a year older than I, encouraged her daughters, Emma and Lilly, to collect used coloring pencils to accompany our Haiti coloring books. The girls attend Twin Hickory Elementary School in Richmond. During the spring of last year, they voiced their requests over the school’s PA system and WOW! The results!! They gathered over 10,000 coloring pencils for the children in Haiti. Lilly even sat on down the day before they were going to give them to me and sharpened every one. She showed me the blisters to prove it, bless her heart.Thank you as well, Mrs. Karen Callis, first grade teacher at John B. Dey Elementary School here in Virginia Beach. They collected bags and bags and bags  full of pencils at the end of the school year. This is their second year doing so, and they have made a difference to children who don’t have any pencils at all – colored or not.So far, some of the collected pencils went to Port-au-Prince with Hope for Haiti’s Children, and soon, more will go to other parts of Haiti with a group of missionaries from New York.  Still others went to Dominican Republic. We’ll see what happens to the rest soon. It sure is a bonus and a pleasure for me to give these pencils to groups who order the coloring books.So thank you, Joan, Emma, Lilly McMichael  and Twin Hickory Elementary School in Richmond! thank you to Mrs. Callis and John B Dey Elementary in Virginia Beach. You’ve set the bar pretty high for other schools and have made a difference, coloring your world with love.