One of the highlights of my recent trip to Kenya was delivering new and gently used children’s books to the children’s section of the Africa Theological Seminary’s Library. The children’s library was started several years ago through donations from several churches as part of their vacation bible school’s mission projects. Children’s libraries are not a common find in most African countries, not even in schools. When I delivered several new books a few weeks ago, Emmy, the Librarian was so happy. She stated that the children’s section is often quite busy and that many books are being checked out. Quite a few of the children have read all of the books and are asking for more.
Would your church be interested in helping with this as a VBS missions project? We are looking for new or gently used Christian or fairly conservative books that will work cross-culturally such as Bible stories, good fiction (please no cartoon books with exaggerated features, in the African context they are scary and evil.) and non fiction science or historic books such as Usborne. The children also enjoy biblical coloring books and up to 150 piece puzzles. We would also take donations to buy children’s bibles and books from the Kenya Bible Society as well as colors, markers and to help pay for extra bags. We would deliver these on our next trip in October.
I would love to share with your children about missions as well. I heard a missionary speak when I was 6. That was the start of my missionary journey and passion for sharing the gospel with children!
