04/02/2020
"Ever since the social isolation in MI started and her church closed its doors, Barb has been making packages to give to the families of her church. Her church has many Congolese refugees who already have many struggles even before this pandemic happened. Barb has been involved in children’s ministry and every Sunday she was bringing 50 boiled eggs to feed the Congolese children who usually come to church without breakfast.
As soon as her church followed social isolation order, she and some of her friends jumped into action. They packed “Quarantine family gift bags” that contains bubbles, chalk, markers, pencils, paper, toys, flowers and encouraging notes to teens and parents. They also packed oranges, potato chips and some other snacks that kids may enjoy.
As she has to stay home now, she is spending so much time, energy, and money to create these bags. Her church people come to pick up these bags and deliver them to about 20 families of their church. Such an expression of love to people who don’t share same culture or language."
Storyteller: Keiko