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Miracles do happen as demonstrated in Columbia

Helping Ugandan children learn is a goal of two Columbia United Methodist Church members who collected calendars for Dr Ron Kaluya recently. He visited the home of George and Vonnie Kolbenschlag to catch up on news since their last visit and to pick up two large cases filled with calendars to take home to students.

Figuring out how the calendars could be shipped led the Kolbenschlags to say, "Miracles do happen." Vonnie writes in the church newsletter, "Just a coincidence? Perhaps.


"As you know, the wall calendars with beautiful photos make great teaching materials for the kids in the Ugandan mission schools. Calendars become work sheets for primary aged kids learning how to form numbers.

"The photos on calendars show places, people, and things all the kids have never seen before and are eager to know more. So, thanks for supplying calendars.

"It is too costly to mail these, so Dr. Ron Kaluya carries these and other school supplies back to Uganda in suitcases. This time I forgot to round up extra suitcases and I worried about where to find one.

"Three days prior to Dr. Kaluya's arrival at our home, George happened to walk in Lindsey's parking lot that abuts our back yard. The dumpsters are there. Sitting right on top of one dumpster were two very clean, nice suitcases. One had a minor flaw near a seam, hardly noticeable.

"I asked Dr. Ron, "Do you think that's a miracle?" "Yes, I think it is," he said with a big smile." - Vonnie Kolbenschlag


This story was posted on 2023-05-11 09:30:43
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2023-05-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
Wall calendars filled with beautiful photos are used as teaching materials for kids in Ugandan mission schools. Calendars become work sheets for primary aged kids learning how to form numbers. Columbia United Methodist Church members George and Vonnie Kolbenschlag collected calendars for their friend Dr. Ron Kaluya, center, who visited recently. Figuring out the best way to get two large cases filled with calendars to Uganda for his students led them to say, "Miracles do happen."

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