Gearing Up for a Work and Witness!
| Customs, Passports, Lost Luggage?
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Have a team meeting once a month before leaving for
Ukraine.
When bringing the team money, please make sure you
divide up between a few people. Each person is allowed
to bring up to $3,000 into Ukraine. Team money is what
you bring for your food, lodging, transportation,
translators and so on. It usually is $45 a day per
person.
Please limit one check in and one carry on per person.
Plan on doing a five day VBS for an hour and a half each
evening (30 – 50 kids).
Choose a few people who will bring extra bags (as your
second check in) for VBS materials and requested stuff
for House of James.
If anybody is allergic to certain foods and other
things, please let us know.
How should we handle security issues - money, passports
and visas? Keep them in your front pocket or buy
something at Wal-Mart that you can put under your
clothes.
Please pick a person who will be in charge of organizing
the trip. And pick people for the daily devotions. Have
a person in charge of worship. Have a person who will
lead and organize the construction work.
Top ten things to bring for personal use
1. Bible
2. Water bottle
3. Towels
4. Hair care and soap
5. Enough clothes for the whole trip (we do have a
washer just in case)
6. Games for night time
7. Extra spending cash for souvenirs
8. Extra medicine
9. Cameras
10. A good book
Things to bring that you can show and share with the
people in Ukraine.
1. The love of Christ.
2. Photos of your family, friends, church and other
items that you are proud of.
3. Inexpensive gifts to give out to our helpers in
Ukraine. For instance we will have a kitchen staff,
translators, a driver and other people helping with the
team.
What House of James will supply for your trip (comes
out of the team money)
1. Bed with sheets, blanket and pillows.
2. Food with a team of local cooks for your breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
3. Translators for Vacation Bible School and on the
construction sites.
4. Transportation from the airport and through out the
whole entire trip.
5. A tour in the capital city (Kiev).
Work and Witness VBS Programs
Every work and witness team will have the opportunity to
create and execute their own VBS program to all the
children staying in the home as well as the entire
village!
VBS FAQs
Is there a facility with tables, and chairs?
Yes
Is there a place to play games indoors?
Yes
Would we need to play games outside or sitting on the
floor? Either way
How many children could we expect?
Between 30-60 kids.
What do you recommend for snacks?
American candy, it’s a big hit
here.
Would there be people who could help with language
translation for some skits we are working on?
Yes
Would Jesus cubes be good gifts to bring for the
children to share with their families and friends?
Yes
Should we bring powdered drink supplies -
Tang or cool-aid? That would be
cool.
Do you have people there to lead music or teach us some
songs as well as the children?
Yes
Are there clothes that are needed to give away?
Yes, coats, shoes, etc...
Greetings!
