Donations

As the days before our going slip away into the past, wonderful expressions of giving to this mission endeavor are happening everyday. Last week, the children from the Wauseon, Ohio First Church of God sent a box full of flip flops and baby sleepers for the children we would see on our T.A.P.P. home visits.

Last night, the children's pastor from the Maiden Lane Church of God in Springfield, Ohio dropped off 102 Webkinz (small stuffed animals) to add to the numbers being gathered by Thad and Toby Fry from Park Place. What a heartwarming blessing to see children reaching out to children.

Sometime during the day, yesterday, monies were donated for the purchase of ten bicycles for pastors in Uganda so that they might have their own means of transportation.

Last night at the meeting of Craft Club, ladies put together Baby Bundles so new mothers would have something to take their babies home in from one of the Church of God clinics.

Sunday, a pregnant goat was added to the numbers of those animals already donated through the Easter donations to be gifted to T.A.P.P. clients and widowed grandmother's in need.

Thursday, we will receive school supplies donated from The Knowledge Shoppe to add to those already donated by local teachers.

Hundreds of bottles of vitamins arrived in four heavy boxes from a doctor in California that heard about our trip from a past member of Park Place after she read about our trip in the church bulletin that is sent to her each week.

This does not detail the many other items being donated to the church office by the people of Park Place every week or the financial gifts to individuals on the team to help make this trip possible or those that have volunteered to be prayer partners for each team member while we are away from our families sharing the love of Christ in a new and unfamiliar place.

Today, we are only 26 days away from departure and already I feel that the number of people going on this trip is no longer just 16, but the many who have given to the going. To the many who will pray and the community who is sending forth.

Deb