We can do it!

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Pastor Ivanildo shared some stories during VBS about children who are taking the offering very seriously. After viewing the ICDI video, one girl went home, put up a lemonade stand, gathered the money, and brought in $30.









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Another boy went home and dumped his piggy bank onto his bed. His mother walked in and asked with a quizzical look, "What are you doing, son?" He looked up with determination and said, "Did you see the water those children have to drink? No one should drink yucky water like that." He wanted to give his money so that other children could drink cool water.










An anonymous donor has pledged to match up to $4,000 for the children's offering. At first the thought was the donor was merely going to double the offering, but in actuality the donor wants to triple the offering. So, the church could be funding a new water well in the Central African Republic. Wow!

Breaking News from MSNBC re: Chad

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I just watched the news scroll on MSNBC running below in the footer of the screen sharing news from Chad. As I recalled the AP news report, a Chadian soldier shared that 161 rebels were killed in fighting in the east of the country.

Please pray for our missionary partners in Central Africa--Tom & Sue Peters especially because they are presently in the C.A.R., south of the battle zone.

Tom & Sue Peters begin their l-o-n-g journey to Bangui. Jeana estimated that it may take about 34 hours to go from Cleveland-Hopkins to Bangui. So, they should arrive on Thursday, June 19 at 1am (Wooster time), which is 6am (Bangui time).

Pray for their travels to proceed without delay and with their luggage in tow. :)