Expanding the Dining Hall

Each year the number of students served by the Lutheran Elementary School, the Center for Christian Education and the church in Martin increases. This last year brought a new dining room that will serve the needs of all these children and staff—Praise God!

The reconstruction went well because of the help of volunteers — parents, teachers, workers and believers from the United States and the Center of Christian Education (Bible School in Martin). The efforts of all of them helped lower the cost of the dining room’s reconstruction. These volunteers deserve great appreciation and many thanks for their willingness to work and serve at this place. We are so thankful for everyone who helped us.

A special big thanks go to our builders from America – 14 friends from Naperville. They repeatedly worked on this site and also helped in Pavilion A, where our Kindergarten and Lutheran Elementary school is situated. God used their hands in our lives and to meet our needs. The amazing thing is, that only He can do it such a thing from across the whole ocean

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Just to remind the reader, that at the beginning of the renovation of our dining hall (one year ago) we were greatly helped by financial assistance from America. Help started with KJ. This sympathetic American had decided to honor the memory of her mother by helping with our cafeteria. Her family and friends collected $10,000 for the reconstruction of the dining room. KJ, in a letter which describes her decision to sponsor, wrote: “There is not a better place to be a memorial to my mom.”

Paul Berge, the leader of Vision Slovakia at the Lutheran church in St. Andrews, said that KJ´s sponsorship motivated other believers so much that they increased sponsorship to $63,000 during the following weeks. However, the amount was still not sufficient and the costs grew during the reconstruction. The submitted project was therefore revised, too. Money were accurately finally. The reconstruction work went well due to enormous contribution of numerous volunteers — parents, teachers, workers and believers from the United States and the Center of Christian Education (Bible School in Martin).

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