Instructions for giving donations for shoes:

Between August 18th and Sept 3rd, tax deductible donations payable to West Side Church may be sent by mail only.

Donation by Mail:

  After August 18th - Before Sept 3rd arrival:

Make checks payable to:  West Side Church

  Please mail to:
    Don King - Swazi Team Leader
    860 CR 2100E
    Sidney, IL 61877

I collect these checks and send the funds through West Side Church, and these funds will be applied to purchase shoes for the kids during the trip.

Information about giving shoes to our Ludlati Neighbor Kids:

We have assembled a team of six wonderful people planning to travel to Swaziland to visit our Neighbor Kids at Ludlati Carepoint Sept 4th through the 14th, 2010.  As Christ works in and through the team members and each of you, there are many things planned for the trip, but…

  ...one need we want to meet is making sure every child at Ludlati Carepoint receives a new pair of school shoes.

For many of the children, this will become their only pair of shoes.  It is estimated we will have 100+ children attending Ludlati carepoint during our visit, and shoes cost between $10-$20 a pair.  This is our initial presentation of an opportunity for everyone following or involved in sponsoring a child at Ludlati Carepoint to contribute to the purchase of shoes for the children.  We currently have just under half the children matched with sponsors.

So to cover every child we are hoping for the 1 for 2 deal!  “1 sponsor for 2 children”

If you can give the gift and/or make the sacrifice, we suggest donation of $30 to cover your sponsored child and one more child.

Even if you are not currently sponsoring a child, we ask you for the same gift of $30 to cover two pairs of feet.

I look forward to sizing up and shoe-ing the little and big feet of our Ludlati Neighbor Kids, and sharing pictures back home of their and our smiling faces as we help them come to know Christ through this tangible gift of God’s love.

As best can be expressed through a blog post, I sincerely and humbly thank you for letting us make you aware of this need.  We will send out a couple more notices and updates on progress with the shoe drive over the next 8 weeks.  It will work best if gifts are sent before August 7th, 2010.

No gift is too small or too large for God to multiply.

Thanks in advance for your interest, support and love for the Ludlati Neighbor Kids and the people in their community.  We also appreciate your prayers for the trip and team members fund raising and planning efforts.  To God be all the Glory!

Yours in Christ,
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217-390-6798

p.s. Jumbo and Kriek Gerber will be helping us in Swaziland during our trip, and are the full time missionaries working with CHC and AIM.  Here is a recent post on their blog describing another travel group bringing shoes for two carepoints.  There is also some fun news about Jumbo and Kriek’s coming baby. http://jumbogerber.myadventures.org/?filename=world-cup-and-another-great-trip