GARAGE and BAKE SALE

Saturday May 12

8:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Central’s Missions and Outreach Committee

welcomes donations in support of our

local/national/international missions projects.

Please bring items that are GENTLY USED,

CLEAN and IN GOOD REPAIR.

NO ELECTRONICS will be accepted.

Toys, books, garden stuff (plants), games,

baked goods (no nuts), kitchen stuff, music,

clothes, crafts, furniture, other.

Please bake muffins for us to sell with coffee and tea.

Items may be dropped off at the church

Friday May 11 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Please contact Denise McClellan for more information

dmcclell@uoguelph.ca or 519-658-5857

Proceeds from the sale will support our missions including, Rachel’s Children’s Home an orphanage for the child victims of Africa’s AIDS crisis.

Come early to find hidden jems. The sale will be held in the Church Hall and will be held rain or shine.

Steph is studying journalism and African studies at Carleton University and has been involved in the Rachel’s Home project at Central for more than three years. This is her second trip to work with the kids at Rachel’s Home.  Her first trip was with our 2009 team.

You will hear, stories that will lift your heart and you will hear stories that will break it. You will learn about the harsh realities of Maputsoe and you will also learn about the future that, with our help, Godwill and Hilda are building for these little children.

Rachel’s Home is a beacon of light in a very hard corner of the world. In a place full of violence, poverty and disease, Rachel’s Home represents hope for the future.

Come share this morning with us as we share with you our experiences in the mission that you and we are sharing together.

Plastering the walls around Rachel's first bathtub

Could you imagine never having had a bath?  The children at Rachel’s Home can.

One afternoon while doing their chores, the girls invited me to come along. They showed me the bathtubs waiting to be installed in the shower facilities we were building -our main project for the Lesotho Mission 2012. The girls danced around the tubs in anticipation of their first baths.

Last week, Hilda, the creator of Rachel’s Home, updated Elsie, our trusted leader, on the status of the shower project. Elsie wrote in an email:

 ”They are busy plastering the walls inside. We hope they will be done by next week. The project is nearly completed.”

We completed the building of the exterior of the facility and plumbing with the help of skilled Sotho plumbers.

New desks for the preschool classroom

We also received word that new desks have arrived for the preschool classroom. Hilda said being in this room is like being transported somewhere far away from the harsh realities faced at Rachel’s. The mural was painted by the talented artists on our team.

Lunch time at Rachel's

Please pray for a joyful day today and the adjustment for the children, as so many who have come to mean so much, leave them to travel home.  Pray each child will understand they are still loved, prayed for, thought of, and missed each day by each team member.

Please pray for the team’s safety when travelling home to Canada.

After an hour of time, much stress, and a heavy fine, the bus was released and the team returned home to rest.

Please continue to pray for the border crossings as they can cause serious problems and be very stressful, the team as they are very tired and need energy to complete their tasks, for wisdom for Elsie as she deals with some situations, and the weather…they need dry weather to complete the build.