Just last month All God's Children International enabled us to bring together 14 people from all over the United States to join with Mike and our daughter Kelly McColm in Rwanda. The purpose of this trip may seem a bit daunting: in 10 days host five different Christmas parties at different locations and deliver donations for babies, children, fathers and mothers. Our team had been working for months before the trip gathering items to bring with them. There was an amazing amount of donations brought to bless so many people!
There was party for all the sponsored and unsponsored kids in the Ten Talents At-Risk Sponsorship program. The children and their families were provided with a meal, sodas, a set of clothes, shoes, toothbrushes, toothpaste and backpacks full of school supplies. The next party was for the Home of Innocence and the Home of Purpose together. The children in the homes all received a meal and the same donations. The girls from the Home of Purpose danced and sang for the team, which was very special. The homes also received soccer balls, towels, bed sheets, lotion and flip flops. Then the team went to Gisenyi, on the other side of the country, to bless the Noel Orphanage (the largest and oldest orphanage in Rwanda) with clothes, shoes, crib sheets, diapers, and other baby supplies. The team hosted a Christmas party at the Gahanga Disabled Orphanage and they decided to also bless the workers with special care packages. The children and adults living there enjoyed receiving stuffed animals.
The team visited the Rwanda Orphan Project where 100 former street boys now live. Their party included soda, snacks, and lots of play time with the boys! This project received donations of towels and soccer balls.
Our team spent so much time loving on kids and enjoyed being touched by the special hearts of Rwanda. While there the team was also able to visit our new property, The Hope Project, and pray over it. We so appreciate all this team did to bless hundreds of children and families in Rwanda. We would love to have you join us for our next trip in 2014!
This Year's Trips :
May 23-June 1, 2014 – Construction and Occupational Therapy Trip
Applications Due: Feb 28, 2014
November 21-30th, 2014 – Christ with the Orphans
Applications Due: August 15, 2014