Thursday, July 14, 2011

Oasis

Hello dear friends!
Wallets made from juice boxes
It is time for an update... These last two weeks have been wonderful! I have gotten to hang out with my cousins and family a lot and enjoy great fellowship together. I have also gotten the great opportunity of working at Oasis. Oasis is a project that is based in one of the hospitals. They are a soup kitchen as well as a educational center. Everyday they give out free tea, soup (some of the ingredients even come from the garden), and bread to patients from the hospital who walk in as well as some other people, including some inmates from the correctional institution. Apart from feeding the people they offer classes for knitting, sewing, baking, and an array of other skills that people can learn and use again. The things that the make (aprons, placemats, tablecloths, pillowcases, pottery, etc.) are sold at a shop in the mall. The profits then go back to Oasis. They also are environmentally aware. I helped make a curtain out of bottle caps and bucket tops as well as small wallets from juice boxes and mats from old plastic bags. They also give out blankets to people who need them and all-terrain wheelchairs (a plastic lawn chair with mountain bike tires- see below). They also try to teach the people as well as children about AIDS since most of them are from the hospital. A lot of the social work students from the university doing their internship with Oasis which gives them an idea of what kind of work they can do. It was an awesome experience getting to work with them and see what their ministry is about. 
All terrain wheelchair
Ps.. more pictures will come later.
Fly with Christ, 
Helen

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