The Oregon AIM Youth Team worked with Tamara Henkes and Kidz Romania in a Vacation Bible School program. The local mayor of Merisan, Romania provided the use of the community center at no cost to them. All had been going well at registration, but on a particular day, Tamara observed the attendance had dropped significantly. She was informed that a group of children from a nearby village were unable to attend because their ride was not able to pick them up. Tamara takes up this story…”Although disappointed, we had to continue with the day's events. Later that morning 12 children arrived breathless but very excited, explaining how they walked an hour and half to arrive to our VBS. We quickly registered them and plugged them into the groups so they wouldn't miss any further activities. “Once this day camp was completed, our Kidz Romania team and the youth group from Oregon loaded into our 3 vehicles to make our way to the location of a new church plant under construction, desiring to assist with some work projects. It so happens that this church plant is located in the village from which the 12 children had walked. Naturally, we managed to find room to squeeze 12 additional children into the vehicles for the trip back to their village so they wouldn't have to walk the hour and half back. Upon finding out that they wouldn't have a ride for the 4th and final day of VBS, we committed to assure their arrival.
“The next morning we arrived early to set up and I left the team and made my way to the village. Fifteen children came running up to me, eager to be a part of our VBS program. Many parents approached me with gratitude for our willingness to come and pick up their children.
“We want to thank Speed The Light, a fund-raising program of the Assemblies of God youth department, for providing vehicles to not only allow us to travel to villages throughout Romania but to be a part of helping children with relentless determination arrive to hear the message of love and hope through Jesus Christ.”
The Oregon AIM Youth Team worked with Tamara Henkes and Kidz Romania in a Vacation Bible School program. The local mayor of Merisan, Romania provided the use of the community center at no cost to them. All had been going well at registration, but on a particular day, Tamara observed the attendance had dropped significantly. She was informed that a group of children from a nearby village were unable to attend because their ride was not able to pick them up. Tamara takes up this story…”Although disappointed, we had to continue with the day's events. Later that morning 12 children arrived breathless but very excited, explaining how they walked an hour and half to arrive to our VBS. We quickly registered them and plugged them into the groups so they wouldn't miss any further activities.
“Once this day camp was completed, our Kidz Romania team and the youth group from Oregon loaded into our 3 vehicles to make our way to the location of a new church plant under construction, desiring to assist with some work projects. It so happens that this church plant is located in the village from which the 12 children had walked. Naturally, we managed to find room to squeeze 12 additional children into the vehicles for the trip back to their village so they wouldn't have to walk the hour and half back. Upon finding out that they wouldn't have a ride for the 4th and final day of VBS, we committed to assure their arrival.
“The next morning we arrived early to set up and I left the team and made my way to the village. Fifteen children came running up to me, eager to be a part of our VBS program. Many parents approached me with gratitude for our willingness to come and pick up their children.
“We want to thank Speed The Light, a fund-raising program of the Assemblies of God youth department, for providing vehicles to not only allow us to travel to villages throughout Romania but to be a part of helping children with relentless determination arrive to hear the message of love and hope through Jesus Christ.”