The first day of the children's camp was very successful, and most importantly, we continued our construction work at the school. The rubble was brought and we will fill the floor with it. Well and most importantly, of course, that the children are fed! Thank you all for your support! You can watch what that was in more detail in our video! There is still a lot of work to do and we need your financial support. We will be grateful for any donation: 1) to the card of Sberbank of Russia: 4276 1340 0294 3682 2) Belarusbank card: 4255 1901 5216 2684 for 07/22 3) PayPal— This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 4) "Money Gram" or "Western Union" in the city of Malindi, the country of Kenya in the name of Dzianis Laptseikin

Be the light for this world! After all, the Son of light, who is Light himself, came to this World not only to justify all of us and give hope for a new future, but also by his own example he has showed that nothing is impossible when we are together with God. Gospel of John 14:12: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." Moreover, the beginning of the way of Jesus was the same as that of each of us. So that no one would say that it was easier for Him, that He was born so perfect right away. ‼ On the contrary, the Bible records that Jesus also learned to love, grew in wisdom, made efforts to achieve goals, worked on himself - and as a result, the grace of God was with Him. As the prophet Isaiah prophesied of Christ in chapter 7, verse 7: "He will eat milk and honey until he knows how to reject the bad and choose the good." Those. until he learns to do good and not do bad. If we open the Gospel of Luke, then interesting lines are opened in chapter 2 (verses 40,51,52): "But the Infant grew and was strengthened in spirit, filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him." (Luke 2:40) "And He went with them and came to Nazareth; and was subject to them." (Luke 2:51) "Jesus excelled in wisdom and age, and in love with God and men." (Luke 2:52) Christmas for me is a reminder that Jesus Christ came to earth as an ordinary person. He was tested, tempted and faithful to the end. Becoming a guarantor for each of us that such life is possible. To the argument that he had an advantage - the Holy Spirit, I will say that every believer in Jesus Christ receives such an advantage. Gospel of John 14: 15-17: “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray to the Father and give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it does not see Him. and does not know him; but you know him, for he abides with you and will be in you. " That which the apostles experienced at Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended on them and became located in them, each of us can survive. Want to start the New Year? It just happened in my life. Tired of living “like everyone else”, standing alone in the room, I said sincerely out loud: “God - I do not believe that you exist. But if you really exist, please help me. I hate this sinful life, I hate alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, but I myself can’t change myself. If you really exist, help me become different. I want to be a light like you. I hate this darkness. Help me, change me, make me a new person. If you exist, then I I believe that you can really do this with me! After these words, I felt the Holy Spirit come upon me. I felt as if grief had moved from my shoulders. I felt incredibly easy and joyful. At that moment, I first burst into tears, like a baby and could not understand what it was. But I clearly understood that there was definitely something. That was June 2, 2008. From that moment, Denis became a completely different person. Bad habits left him. I will not say that it was easy, but having decided to change, the grace of God always gave me the strength to resist. Before, I couldn’t do it myself. With God everything is possible! Merry Christmas! I wish each of you to be reborn anew in God and become a new person. A person born to good deeds! А Yes the light of God shines in each of you! And may you all be led by the Spirit of God! Which are the Sons of God. As the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans (8: 14-16): “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. Because you did not accept the spirit of slavery to live in fear again, but you accepted the adoption Spirit by which we invoke : “Abba, Father!” This very Spirit testifies to our spirit that we are the children of God. ”

Visiting poor families from time to time, we appeared in a house where 3 children live all by themselves, without parents. Their mother lives in the village and looks after their elderly grandmother while the children have to live alone in the town to have the opportunity to attend classes at school. The children themselves make food on a fire and bring water from a standpipe. We bought some food, a mattreess, shoes, a school backpack and some toys for them. They were over the moon!

It is hard to resist and not to tell you one interesting story that happened to Madame Eunice on a December night. She says: “I sleep light at night so I woke up from an incomprehensible noise in one of the classes. By the sound, it was clear that someone was dragging something. The building was dilapidated and there was nothing to steal. There was only one option – these were the desks that were taken away. They were wooden, and in Kenya, a tree is worth its weight in gold! But what can I, a woman without a weapon, do at night, in pitch darkness? Judging by the silhouette and sound in the dark, it was a man and he tried to steal the desks from our school! " Madame Eunice, a brave woman, began to shout loudly: "Muisi, Muisi!" - on sukhailili this means a thief. The thief left the desk, run away. After a couple of minutes, judging by the fading sound of retreating steps, Madame Younis realized that there was no one at school. She examined the classes with her experienced teacher's eye, counted the desks, they were all in place. Only one was stuck in the aisle and was abandoned, it was from this hollow sound that the watchful Madame Eunice awoke. The thief who tried to steal the desk, ran away and hid in the nearest building under construction next door. 15 minutes later a man came out to find Madame Eunice, in which she recognized her fellow villager living at the other end of the village. And she recognized him as a thief who attempted to commit the theft of the desks. The thief sat out and pretended that he was walking past the school in the middle of the night. The wise Madame Younis smiled and pretended not to know that this particular man was a thief. There was such a conversation between them. “Madam Eunice, I heard a scream that thieves came to you!” You shouted so loudly that I could not pass by! How can I help you? - Yes, thieves came to us and tried to steal our desks! -Really? I always said that you need a night guard! After all, it is not safe to leave wooden desks in the classroom at night! If you do not urgently find the guard, then this case may happen again! So I can just become your night guard and quite inexpensive. Pay me $ 2.5 and at night I will go to classes and look after your desks. - But I don’t have an extra penny for food, where I can find $ 2.5 a day for a guard! But I will ask our white Denis! -Surely do! Madame Eunice ended her story with an exclamation: "Denis! We urgently need a night guard!" I smiled, once again marveling at the mentality of the local population. “How can I hire a security guard to the school of a man who himself tried to steal our school desks! And if the alert principal did not wake up? What would this story end with? 2.5 dollars, for someone it is little money, but for a month a considerable amount is accumulating, and so far we cannot afford such luxury. Therefore, I believe that one day we will complete the construction of our school and it will have both doors and a lock, and no one will ever steal the future from children. After all, a year ago, our children were engaged on the dirt floor. Only thanks to you and your support, we were able to fill the classrooms with school desks together. I hope that these desks will serve many children to gain knowledge in our school!