NORTH KOREA SUPPLY/TOY DRIVE
DATE: Ongoing
LOCATION: Drop them in the red box at MBCC
CONTACT: Tammie:
After Ricky and Tammie's trip to North Korea and China this past year, MBCC has decided to partner with Christ Reaching Asian Ministry (CRAM) and help in whatever way we can to support their orphanage and ministry. One small way we can do that is by donating basic supplies, materials and toys to stock the orphanage. Please do what you can.
Below is a list of items that are needed:
- Clothes
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Soap
- Hand Towels
- Small blankets
- Anti-bacterial gel
- Pencils
- Crayons
- Scissors
- Glue
- Tape
- Construction Paper
- Markers
- Toys (infants to elementary aged kids, used or new, if used, in really good condition, clean and working parts. Better if they were not battery operated. No stuffed animals.)
MBCC's Tammie and Ricky Choi travel to North Korea and China . . .
June 13, 2006
Dear Friends and Family,
Exactly two years ago we stood near the Chinese-North Korean border looking over rolling hills, the sparkling blue Tumen River, and a deserted but guarded bridge connecting the two countries. Escorted by a Chinese soldier, we started to cross that bridge and then were stopped at midpoint by a red, three-inch-wide, painted line that divided North Korea from the rest of the world. There we prayed for peace and reconciliation and hoped for another chance to come back and cross to the other side. Now two years later, having recently celebrated one year of marriage, we face that bridge once again. We are a little older, a bit wiser, and hopefully, with God's blessing, more prepared.
This August and September we will be on a two part trip to this region to learn more about North Korea and lend support to local efforts. As advocates for children, as professionals in medicine and public health, as Christians, as warriors for social justice, and as Korean-Americans we feel a deep and personal obligation to add our efforts in this troubled country. Despite the complex local and international political situation, the medical and public health imperatives are clear: basic medical and preventive measures are in short supply. We will be in Pyongyang, North Korea from August 8-19 then at the North Korea/China border from August 21 to September 8. During the second leg we will volunteer with an organization called C.R.A.M (Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, a 501(c)(3) organization) and seek to gain entry into North Korea again to volunteer at their new orphanage, kindergarten and medical clinics. Ricky will provide some support for children?s health services and Tammie will be leading sessions on caring for children with disabilities and training local child care workers. We will be listening, learning, and praying.
Hoping to connect many more people to the experience, we are collecting donations for CRAM. If you are interested in offering your support, tax deductible donations can be made directly to CRAM or to us and we will purchase School and health supplies for children and schools in China. Donations are tax deductible.
Most importantly, we would ask for your continued prayers, encouraging thoughts, mindfulness of the need in North Korea. We want to thank you for your friendship and shared passion in making a difference. Thank you especially for your thoughts and prayers. We look forward to sharing with you about our journey on our return.
In peace, solidarity, and above all love,
Ricky and Tammie Choi