What if….oh….what if there were a way to double the number of kids in Propel’s Sponsorship Program?
Wouldn’t that be great?!?! Having every kid who has signed up be fully sponsored and able to be kitted out for school! Wow!!!!
But…how?
How do we find 40+ more amazing people willing to make this dream a reality?
We had a few not-so-good ideas to achieve this goal: Continue reading
It all started as what had become a fairly routine morning in our lives- get up early, hop the train to Manchester Int’l Airport, and board a Lufthansa flight bound for Serbia.
How many times had we done this over the past few years…a dozen times or so? We knew the drill. Manchester to Frankfurt, or Munich, or Vienna, and then on to Belgrade. But this time was very, very different.
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Greetings all!
It would be soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo easy to winge, and cry, and complain about the terrible hand 2020 has dealt to us and most everyone we know…but, that would belie how we really feel. Continue reading
For the past five years Propel has been hosting Education Camps for the kids in the villages where we serve. These Camps are the highlight of the kids’ summer break. How do we know? Easy. Starting in February the kids start asking….not IF there will be a Camp, but WHEN?
Usually, these Camps are put together in partnership with our supporting churches. They send a team to host the camp, and they help cover the expenses. But, with COVID-19…no teams this year! Does this mean no Camp? Continue reading
Greetings from Serbia!
Yep…we are bucking the trend. Going against the flow. Looking beyond the facts…like these:
– Serbia is under a State of Emergency
– We are under a curfew from 5 PM until 5 AM
– Those 65 or older are only allowed outside on Sunday mornings when they can go to the grocery stores (Funny side note: Continue reading
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Remember returning to school when you were a kid? What was one of your first assignments? An essay on….”What I Did During My Summer Vacation”. It had to be hand-written, double-spaced, and in cursive! Really, how can you expect spending two weeks at Camp Getmeouttahere to provide excitement enough to thrill your classmates? Is it truly neccesary to have to provide two pages of still vivid memories about bad food, mosquito bites, strange tentmates, and coming in last in the Annual Camp Getmeouttahere Humiliation Contest? Sorry if this trip down memory lane triggers any nightmares or revives any ghosts from elementary school. We do have a solution. Continue reading
The H.I.K.E. 2019 ….is over…and it was a resounding success. With over $12,000.00 (US) raised!!!!!
Our quest to fulfill 100 promises to help100 kids be prepared for school this year has been fulfilled!!!
Thank you to everyone who donated, encouraged, prayed, and/or cheered us on.
What is The H.I.K.E.? Continue reading
In September we learned that a number of people had the wrong idea about who we were and what we did. They were under the impression they could request all kinds of hand-outs…and get these requests filled immediately. Something had to be done to set things straight. So….
Continue readingWow! Looking back at June, July, and August all we see are happy faces of kids. Kids playing games, kids making crafts, kids learning new stuff….kids being loved on.
With the help of teams from Fort Myers, FL, Saratoga, NY, and Edmonton, Alberta, two of the Roma villages where we work are still resonating from all the energy and fun.
Next Level Church Fort Myers blessed us for the fourth year in a row! The team came ready, willing and able to deliver an Education Camp disguised as fun stuff…loud stuff….and some messy stuff. All the same, the kids had a blast and went home smiling and a bit smarter.
