Community Outreach Day

RVA does an outreach day once a term where students have a chance to volunteer in the community. This term kids planted trees, helped serve in the hospital and RVA kitchen, went to orphanages and hospitals, picked up trash, and played sports with kids. I took half of my fourth graders down to the CURE hospital.

CURE caters specifically to children and the patients there on Saturday were all precious little kiddos. And combined with MY precious little students, it was quite an adorable morning. One of the parents had come in on Friday to prime my kids on what to expect, kids with injuries or handicaps who might not be able to get around as easily as them. Our intent was to go visit and show the love of Christ by spending time with the kids, not by bringing them things.

My students paired up with the patients that could get to the playroom and spent time coloring and singing songs.

This little guy couldn't get out of bed so some students took turns sitting with him and coloring pictures.
Lameck is four years old and from a town near Eldoret. According to his mom, a mobile clinic saw him and suggested that he come to CURE to have his spinal curvature checked out. Turns out it's inopperable, but they were able to do an unrelated procedure and he'll be going home on Monday.

Brian is only two years old and the oldest kid in his orphanage.

Both of his hands used to be so large that he trouble walking, but he just came out of surgery on one arm. After it heals, he'll come back to the hospital for his second surgery. His caretaker has been living at the hospital with him for the past week and explained that while they weren't able to make his hand as small as it should be, it would make life much easier for him. He was a favorite of my students and his wall had several pictures taped to it by the time we left.

My students had a great time down at the hospital and all of them want to go back. Before we left we hung up pictures that my students had colored by the patients' beds and took pictures back with us that they had colored to remind us to pray for them. Some of my kids prayed for the patients right there and sang a final song. I'm told that Kijabe Hospital will be needing many more doctors next year. And we're looking for staff in all sorts of positions here at RVA. So . . . just letting you know . . . planting some seeds.