Students without pencils???

The summer school vacations here in Mexico are very short. Although the break just began, most of the children will return to school in the middle of August. We went to shop for groceries and were surprised to see back-to-school sales have already begun.

We were reminded that for tribal kids in the mountain schools, it can be very difficult to get even the most basic supplies they need. In the beginning of our work with the Guarijio, we were surprised to see students without paper, pencils and notebooks. The school had no library nor basic teaching supplies. That's when a few friends began helping us bring in the supplies for the school and the children.

We're grateful the school for missionary children here in Mexico, Binimea, has launched a progam to provide supplies and equipment for the tribal schools in areas where our missionaries work. It is called Operation School Pack.

Binimea staff is receiving donations of supplies (or money to buy the supplies here in Chihuahua) to send out to the mountain schools. Binimea students will sort and pack the supplies into backpacks. We are blessed to see our school staff and kids reaching out as examples of "good samaritans."