Christmas in June

 

The team from Grace Evangelical Free Church in Newark, DE arrived Monday night.  This is Kimberly and Kamau's home church.  This church has embraced them and the Village of Hope as part of their church family.  They arrived with 2 suitcases each, one for their personal items and another filled with things donated by members of the church.  Tonight we sat around while they opened each suitcase.  What a joy to see all of the things they brought – loving, useful, unique.  There was lotion for the housemothers, toothbrushes and toothpaste, warm clothes for the children (It is the cold season right now), knitted hats, duplo building blocks, activities and games for the children, jump ropes, medicine for children, scissors, crochet hooks, and yarn for the Chimwemwe Ladies, art paper, paintbrushes for the team to use painting in the house, and brushes for the children to use on art projects, Ziploc bags (a prized item for us), jigsaw puzzles, treats, and more.  It really did feel like Christmas in June.