Greetings to our brothers and sisters in Christ,
We had a successful trip to St. Thomas Parish Jamaica this past week. Doc, Terry and Richard went to visit with our friends and partners and plan for the summer. The most pressing need for this trip was to find a new location for our tool storage. Our previous location was ending in May of this year. God provided us the land to build a storage building on and construction began before we flew home. We thank God for his bountiful provision. The second goal of this trip was to finalize the summer VBS trip plans. We have confirmed the dates of June 29-July 6. We have room for 7-8 more volunteers for this trip. You can find more details for this summers trip soon on the Get Involved page, linked above. We will be hosting 2 VBS's at 2 local school as well as having an evening marriage and family seminar at a local church. Time willing, we will try to have an afternoon at the Blue Lagoon for a swim and some fellowship in this iconic, beautiful location. Lastly, we were inspired in some creative, smaller ways you can help as well. We found out that many of the special needs children in the area have never been assessed. Assessment is free from the Jamaican government, but the wait list is years long. Private assessment can be done, but it is costly. We are exploring ways to send a team to perform the assessment or provide a means for you to sponsor the assessment of a special needs child. Once we have the necessary information, we will update in the news section and our Get Involved page. The special needs school also needs tactile learning aids up to grade 3. This would include puzzles, flash cards and other physical tools teaching letters, numbers, colors, shapes and simple mathematics. We are in the process of creating a wish list of items for you to view and assist with purchasing. Lastly, the special needs school could use some tablets as both a learning aid and reward for students who complete their work. We will be porting a link to some affordable tablets along with the wish list in the near future. We thank you for your prayers. They were answered on this last trip. We look forward to partnering with you all in some fashion in the future. Please check back soon for the opportunities listed above. Blessings, The IS68 team
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