Friends of Daylight Kellen Roberts and Marisa Gustafson heard about the broken well at Daylight Pre-School and wanted to help those 30 kids get water so they can study hard all afternoon.

To that end they have generously offered a $300 matching grant for Friday’s concert. So we are already half way there!

Help us meet our goal of $600 by coming to the…

Water from a Rock Show
Benefit concert to Fix the Well
May 30th 8-11pm
2121 Emerson Ave N Minneapolis, MN
$10 Suggested Donation

The Bitterroot Fires and AM Stryker will be performing at the Emerson House!

If you can’t make it out on Friday please donate online at daylightcenter.org/support

Nathan Roberts
US Director 

Two years ago the elders from Michael’s home Village of Alalle asked Daylight to build a Pre-School for their Village children to learn to read and write.

In response we opened Daylight Alalle Pre-school with thirty kids studying in a one room mud church building with a single teacher and a single chalkboard. But it was a challenge to have classes because the building was a mile from the river and kids got so thirsty during classes.

And so a hand pumped well was built near the school.

And this was a huge relief! And classes went along much more smoothly. But like all outdoor plumbing, the well needs to be regularly serviced. In fact, the water flow has gotten so slow that it takes two grown men an hour to get a single bucket of water. And that’s just not gonna work when you have thirty thirsty kids trying to learn to read and writer.

So We are throwing a:

Benefit concert to Fix the Well
May 30th 8-11pm
2121 Emerson Ave N, Minneapolis, MN

$10 Suggested Donation

The Bitterroot Fires and AM Stryker will be performing at the Emerson House!

Nathan Roberts
US Director

It is inspiring how far our gifts can go and how much joy they can bring! I was reminded of this while I was hand washing clothes at Daylight last month.

For the past two years when I have been there, I have started to wash my clothes by hand. But after the Kenyan girls and women have a good laugh watching me ineptly hand washing, someone steps in to help. It’s not that I am so bad, but they are just so quick and efficient.

This year, after two of Michael’s daughters helped me, I asked Michael’s wife, Angelina, if I could give them a little money as a thank you. And Angelina told me some new clothes would be a welcome gift.

Before I left, my mom had given me $100 “in case something came up.” I asked Angelina if anyone else needed anything. So, as we were leaving, we picked up 8 kids from the dorm (preschool and elementary) who clearly needed some new clothes. What a surprise, but I was thrilled that my mom’s money could help all these kids. By “new” clothes what I mean is buying used clothing (probably from the U.S.) that is sold in all the markets in Kenya. So we took our big group of kids and went in search of clothes. It was chaos when the women selling the clothes started tossing different sized clothing to the kids for them to try on–it was a bit hectic. After awhile, each kid had new jeans or skirts, and new tops. Then we went on to buy sandals for all of them and several of the kids also needed school shoes. Then it was backpacks for everyone.

What a day! For $100, we got clothes and stuff for a whole lot of kids and it was so fun. When we got back to Daylight School, I took the picture I attached of the kids, and called my mom to tell her she just clothed the naked.

Only God can make inefficient clothes washing turn into realizing a need that was right before me but I had not thought of, into buying a bunch of new clothes.

All with money God provided through my mom before I even left home.

Thank you for your gifts that make a life changing difference for these kids!

Joyce Schwartz
Daylight Board Chair