There has been a lot going on at Asha’s Refuge. This week (Wednesday) we will meet a group of volunteers from Operation Broken Silence to help us spruce up our preschool playground area at our new location inside Highland Heights Baptist Church. We plan to paint the older swing sets with a fresh coat of paint, weed eat the grass (which was thankfully mostly done by the HHBC youth) and block off some areas for safety. We are hopeful to soon add a large plastic rubber maid storage box for keeping our playground toys. Kortney and Christy, our preschool coordinators have requested playground toys such as large plastic balls, bubbles, hula hoops and jump ropes. We will be excited for our refugee preschoolers to get to learn through play on the playground.

Deliveries of school supplies are continuing to be made. We are are also delivering a large amount of cleaning supplies to various refugee families who have requested help with the purchase of these items since their food stamps do not buy them and they are struggling to find work. Thank you Church at Schilling Farms Bunco Friends for your cleaning supply donations. Deborah thinks it’d be a great idea to show our friends what a great cleaner vinegar and baking soda paste is because it works great. It’s cheap and they can more easily purchase these items with food stamps. Tomorrow will be a neat day to make refugee visits.

If you read this and find yourself interested in helping to make donation deliveries with me, let me know! It’s a great way to meet some of our clients and know better how to pray for them. We could also use some help with the playground, late notice, I know. We are thankful to everyone for their donations and to Operation Broken Silence for their plan to help us tomorrow with our playground. We could not have been able to help as much without your support. I wish I could take more pictures for you to see the faces of the families, but I am unable to because we try to protect our friends. Just let me know if your interested in coming with myself or Deborah ever to make a visit. I am certain our clients would love to meet you and thank you themselves.