Although Nancy and Edwin Cahill didn't quite make it back to Canada in time for this years' Sea Cavalcade parade, several of the local board members joined many other organizations and businesses at the annual spectator-friendly event.
A van was donated by Marja Partanen (a trustee of Mercy Home). Many trustees spent hours making the flowers and stars that appeared on the van.
The Cahills have just returned from four months in Kenya.
During their time at Mer-cy Home, they completed the building of the third dorm, which will house 52 more destitute orphans. Another toilet block was built, and a proper well was drilled. There was much excitement when at 45 metres they struck water. The power poles and wiring are done at the road, ready to be hooked up to provide Mercy Home with its own electricity. This will hopefully happen soon so the 175 children (89 school day scholars and 86 orphans) will be able to have school with lights on, something most on the Sunshine Coast take for granted.
A new team of volunteers from the Sunshine Coast will be leaving Sept. 20 to help start some businesses at Mercy Home. Hopefully, either the chicken business or a greenhouse of tomatoes will help the Home become more self-sustaining. Dane and Trudy Ruck will return for their third trip to Kitale. Along with them will be Elphinstone Secondary School graduates Candice Veale and David Williams and Nancy Miller, who just retired as an administrative assistant in School District No. 46.
For more information about this worthwhile work, see www.mercyandcaringhomes.org or call Donna Ball at 604-886-7736.
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