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Come join us on a life changing trip to Kitalale, Kenya!
We have a ministry trip scheduled this coming September 25 through October 6th. Our trips generally involve participating in the daily activities of the children’s home, helping with needed projects at the home or farm, and providing children with love and activities. We also enjoy participating with the group in a community outreach event. On this trip we will be providing dentistry and medical evaluations as well as child development education for local families and the Children of Hope staff. During the dental and medical evaluations there will be considerable wait time. This time will be used to further engage the children and parents in activity stations, such as art and vacation Bible school activities for the children with special stations for the mothers. Please consider joining us on this life changing adventure!
To find out more about this trip, please contact Elaine Storck, Director of Donor Relations, at elaine.storck@2uplift.org or 303-423-1357 as soon as possible. (Specific trip itineraries are subject to change.)
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Our First Children’s Home
This July we celebrated a momentous event with the official dedication and opening of our first children’s home in Kitalale, Kenya! It was a wonderful time as we celebrated with the community and dedicated the home and the children we will serve to God.
During the week prior to the dedication, our team of nineteen people, ages ten to grandmother, joined us from Colorado and Germany. We worked alongside the Kenyan staff helping out wherever needed. The building was still in process but everyone pitched in; moving rocks, planting hedges, painting walls and decorating the infant/toddler room with colorful murals.
Each day, we enjoyed wonderful hot lunches prepared by the kitchen staff that work for the children’s home. We were also able to eat of the harvest from the beans that had been grown on our own land.
The most amazing event during the week was our community outreach. We had planned a vacation bible school for an estimated 150 children. By the third day, this number exploded to be over 1,000 in attendance! What an incredible adventure organizing children, sharing bible stories, crafts, snacks and games for group of that size. The children were thrilled to color with one marker on a dirt floor and slowly sip “juice” during snack, savoring the special treats. We were greatly relieved for the help of our Kenyan staff and local volunteers from the churches that participated with Children of Hope.
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