How a Sunday School class raised $621
Below is the story of just one of the groups who have helped raise awareness and funds for Mercy Ships by starting their own campaign.
Dear friends at Mercy Ships
You may have noticed an online gift recently from Hope Christian Centre, Hobart in the amount of $621.40.This amount was raised by the children of the church in their weekly Sunday school class called K-OS (Kids on Sunday).
Each week the children brought coins to put in our money box - a Mercy Ships money box made from a toothpaste box, the funnel (toilet roll) holding the money (see photo). Also, various older church members saved their silver coins in jars and brought them along periodically, always very exciting for the children.
We had a large poster of the Mercy Ships (see photo). For each $10 raised one of the children stuck on the ship a small picture of a nurse, doctor, chef, cleaner, hospital bed, etc etc. They loved learning about the ministry of Mercy Ships and seeing the great laminated photos and video you had sent us. We also had my old black doll, Dinah (see photo), who we dressed in a bright new dress and headscarf after I had told the children (in very simple language) about the young women helped through fistula operations.
Each week the children also prayed for the ministry of Mercy Ships, and particularly for sick children in Sierra Leone to be cured and helped.
Blessings and prayers
(Mrs) Alison Ferguson
Sunday School teacher