Beads and Change

We are interrupting our regularly scheduled beginner Russian lessons, to bring you this important announcement about some easy but significant ways you can support Grace to Ukraine.  First, we have issued a "change challenge".  We are asking everyone to begin to collect their spare change and give it toward sponsoring a child for hosting this summer.  Could you and your family round up $10 worth of change lying around your house?  $20?  Whatever you can give, remember that your change can bring change for an impoverished or orphaned child in Ukraine.  If you are a business owner and can put a change collector in your place of business, let me know and I will provide you with a custom container that shows what the change goes will go toward.

Secondly, as we prepare to lead a team to Camp Friendship this summer to conduct a Bible camp, we are finding that we could use some simple items that you could help us with.  For example, Mardi Gras beads.  One day at camp we will be acting out the exodus.  We need "gold and silver" thrown at us as we leave Egypt!  Mardi Gras beads work perfect for this! I took beads another year and had the Ukrainian camp workers begging for some to take home to mothers, sisters, daughters, etc.  So to all you Mardi Gras participants out there, we need your beads!  Let me know if you can help!  As I complete the curriculum that we will be using at camp, I will post a list of needed items on our website. The money we save on supplies means more money toward helping local village children come to Camp Friendship.