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Dear boys and girls,
I’m writing this letter to tell you how the money you put in your fish banks at Easter time has helped children in a far-away country called Kenya.
Kenya is a country in Africa. That’s a very big place with many different countries, just like the United States is a country with many different states.
Last year in Kenya, there was a part of the country that didn’t get enough rain. When that goes on for a long time, it causes what is called a drought. When a long dry spell causes a drought, food plants can’t grow. They die without water. In Kenya, people eat lots of beans and corn, but last year’s drought was so bad that there wasn’t enough food for the people. The children began to cry because they were so hungry. Families didn’t have enough drinking water. Can you imagine how sad and scared you’d be if you turned on the faucet and there wasn’t any water? Even the animals were sad, because there was no water for them, either.
The Presbyterian Church in Kenya called the Presbyterian Church here to see if we could help. So we took money from the fish banks the children all over the United States had sent us, and the churches in Kenya collected some money, and we put it all together to help. The church in Kenya bought beans and corn and rice so that the children and their families could eat. And they helped dig new wells so there would be enough drinking water.
When you put your nickels and dimes in the fish bank for One Great Hour of Sharing offering, you are helping children all around the world. We know that God loves us, don’t we? Well, we share that love with other children by helping them. Children all around the world are smiling because they know that you really care.
Thank you for giving, for helping suffering children around the world. Thank you for letting them know that God loves them and doesn’t want them to be sad or hurt.
Your friend,
Miss Susan
Susan Ryan is the former coordinator of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance program.
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