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Please check back soon for continuing updates on how the Seven Campaign is growing and the ultimate goal of building a dorm in Guatemala.

We thank you for your support of the project!

What started as a stranger giving $7.00 in response to gaining a little perspective, has evolved into a campaign to raise $305,000 to build a dormitory to house underprivileged children in rural Guatemala.

The story begins about five years ago as a small feeding program in a rural village in the southern part of Guatemala.   In a country where the average income is less than $5.00 per day and the education system is not free, many children do not have the opportunity to attend school. As part of a larger dream to not only nurture, but educate these under privileged children, the Kairos Christian School was born and opened its doors in February 2009. Located in Ciudad Vieja (a small village outside Antigua), not only does the school provide a hot meal each day (the onlymeal for a lot of the children) but also provides a high quality 1st through 6th grade equivalent education at almost no cost to the children and does so solely through generous donations from around the world.

As Kairos continues to expand, the ongoing needs become more and more apparent. In this small village (and most of the surrounding villages), many of the children currently live in “houses” that have dirt floors, no electricity, no plumbing and are little more than a roof over their heads. In addition, their parents/guardians are quite often forced to work long hours far from home, which leaves these children home alone fending for themselves sometimes weeks on end.

On a recent mission trip, members of First Christian Church in Blue Springs experienced the needs of these children first hand. It was while stranded overnight at the Houston airport while returning from this trip, that a seed that was planted just days earlier began to blossom. Pastor Cliff Caton, the only member of the team unable to make the connecting flight home, found himself about to embark on another mission.

A surprise encounter with a couple, that like most of the passengers that night were in distress about missing flights or sleeping on the floor, led Pastor Cliff to share the story of Beatriz, one of the children the team had just had the pleasure of meeting. Beatriz is not unlike a lot of the children in this community. She cares for her three younger siblings and she can’t tell you when the last time was she ate. With a fresh perspective on their current situation, the couple together shared the last $7.00 they had between them and as the night unfolded, God began to put together the pieces.

This is the part of the story where you come in. You might be asking yourselves, what’s the big deal? How can $7.00 change the world? Well, alone it won’t go far, but one donation at a time, impacted with the awareness of the lives that will be changed in Guatemala, we (yes, you and me) can provide a safe place to live for Beatriz and other children like her. That’s right...we are going to build a dorm.

Would you like to become part of the change. Would you like to become a piece of the Seven Campaign. It’s easy to become part of this simple and fun project. Everyone enjoys jig saw puzzles. It’s fun to see the puzzle come together and then stand back and admire the finished piece. It’s actually a wonderful example of any path God sends us down. Piece by piece, working together, with God’s help, we are able to see the finished picture and accomplish great things.

So, $7.00 (or more) at a time, puzzle piece by puzzle piece, we will become the change we want to see. The Seven Campaign allows you to buy a puzzle piece or several pieces for $7.00 each. As the puzzle starts to come together, it also allows us to see that every piece, every person, every child impacted, every amount you donate is important. The puzzle, God’s puzzle is not complete without you.

You can purchase puzzle pieces for $7.00 each through First Christian Church. The pieces will be added to a large puzzle located at First Christian Church. The Seven Campaign will be ongoing and will continue until the last piece is added to the puzzle. This project is just the start of our campaign to build a dormitory in Guatemala, and our efforts to help these children are not limited to this one project. You might say it’s just one “piece” of the bigger picture.

You can also make a donation of any size at any time to the dormitory project. We are looking to raise $305,000 to either buy land and build or rehab an existing building for the dormitory.

For more information about Kairos Christian School, the Seven Campaign, how to purchase puzzle pieces or our ongoing efforts to build the dorm, contact First Christian Church of Blue Springs at 816-229-8400 or info@fccbsmo.org.