SEPTEMBER NEWS
Dear friends,THE GAP VOLUNTEERS! About 10 days ago, THE GAP clothing in the United Kingdom contacted me. Beginning next March, they will be sending volunteers to work with street kids and our children at The Way Home.
Dear friends,THE GAP VOLUNTEERS! About 10 days ago, THE GAP clothing in the United Kingdom contacted me. Beginning next March, they will be sending volunteers to work with street kids and our children at The Way Home.
MY PHOTOS IN ITALY…. Claudio Corbelli who worked as a volunteer with our children this past summer has arranged an exhibition of my photography as well as the photography of Aleksandra Zhavoronkovain the city of Terra di Sienna, Italy, as part of an annual film festival.
See the link: http://www.sienafilmfestival.it/?page_id=91&langswitch_lang=en
The opening of the photo show is on Tuesday Nov the 4th. Claudio is trying to negotiate some time during the conference for me to give a 15 min presentation. This is an opportunity for fund raising and to speak of the issues of street children in Odessa.
See the link: http://www.sienafilmfestival.it/?page_id=91&langswitch_lang=en
The opening of the photo show is on Tuesday Nov the 4th. Claudio is trying to negotiate some time during the conference for me to give a 15 min presentation. This is an opportunity for fund raising and to speak of the issues of street children in Odessa.
BIKES, BIKES BIKES.... I want to send 20 bicycles to The Way Home in Odessa, Ukraine. I believe I can get used bicycles donated by churches, but i am having a difficult time shipping them there for a reasonable price. My best quote so far is $2,000 for 20 bikes. I know you are wondering why i don't buy bikes there: Bicycles are just now coming to Ukraine, there are no good used bikes. A new cheaply made bike is $100 and it doesn't last 6 weeks. i know; i bought one. A decent new bike starts at $300. If you can help please email.
LENA…. In my last newsletter I wrote about Lena, a girl from the streets who was revived with 10 days of antibiotics in the hospital. She eventually went to the Tuberculosis Clinic. She is doing well, photo is above.
PHOTO,SOME OF THIS SUMMER'S VOLUNTEERS: In the other photo above, from right to left are Jorge Piedra, from Spain, Magda Malarosa and Dagna Drzażdżewska from Poland (students at Cambridge UK, Sasha a boy from The Way Home, myself, Aleksandra Zhavoronkovain (Sasha), a native of Odessa and photographer from Italy, and Claudio Corobelli (organizing the exhibition) from Italy. TRAVELS: right now I am in the middle of a tour around the states: It is Sept. 22nd, and I am on the plane from New Orleans to Atlanta. I preached at St. Charles Ave Presbyterian Church yesterday, a church now known across the country with the program RHINO, Rebuilding Hope In New Orleans. Since people returned to New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina, St. Charles PC has hosted groups from churches across the nation to help homeowners and now to build houses for Habitat for Humanity. The pastor, my longtime friend, Don Frampton, and I have known each other since we entered seminary. This is an important time for me, not only because I talk to churches and individuals who support This Child Here, but because I come away with new ideas and a great feeling of self-renewal.At the bottom is the schedule.
Robert Gamble
MY SCHEDULE:st pete, orlando daytona bch fl, sept 5-12; dallas sept 12-14;portland till sept 19;New orleans sept 19-22;atlanta sept 22-25;memphis sept 25-18; mich city IN and Alma, Mich sept 18-oct 1 ; farmington Nm oct 2-5; nyc oct 5 princeton oct 6-10 asheville, nc, oct 10-12virginia Oct 13.15 asheville, nc. oct 15-25
Dr. Robert Gamble, D.Min. Th.M.http://www.thischildhere.org/
cell in states 828 301 7104in Ukraine +380636117928
You can always give. Could you donate $25 a month. Make out a check to "This Child Here," and send it to This Child Here, 245 Seaview Ave, Daytona Beach, Fl 32118
My address in Ukraine:This Child Here,C/O Doroga K Domy (The Way Home)Str. Sofievskaya 10Odessa, 65082, Ukraine
