Our church raised around $10,000 over the Advent season for a school for children of refugees from Myanmar and today we went to the school to meet some of the children and attend the dedication of the library.  As well as funding the library and a staff room, we also are helping them buy a second van for transportation so the 62 children can get to school more easily.  What a blessing it was to us to be able to be there!!

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