One of the greatest ways the Internet Campus impacts lives is by offering our deployed troops a way to worship with us from wherever they are serving around the globe. Now we’re blessed to have an opportunity to help one of our deployed brothers minister to children in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

USAF Major Jonathan Joshua is a regular name on both the MBC and Frontline Internet Campuses. If you’ve worshiped online recently and checked in our Lobby Chatroom, chances are good that Jonathan has said hello. He has a huge heart for Christ and a huge heart for MBC and Frontline. Additionally, he has a heart to reach out to children where he is stationed in Afghanistan.
There is a Bazaar School set up at the local market on Jonathan’s airfield in Kandahar where scores of vendors come in with their children. Prior to the start of the Bazaar, the kids attend a school the NATO community in Kandahar has set up for them. There are now almost 100 kids attending each week.
We can help by sending items that Jonathan and the team of volunteers from Headquarters U.S. Forces Afghanistan (South/Southwest) can give away to bless children that come to the Bazaar.
Here’s what to do…
1. Visit any online retailer and purchase items to donate. Items can include school supplies, clothing (boys ages 5-15), fabric to make clothes, non-perishable food or toys. Below are some definite needs:
Spiral Notebooks
Mechanical Pencils
Pens
Markers
Crayons
Rulers
Construction Paper
Children’s Scissors
Frisbees
Clothes (boys ages 5-15):
Target
Walmart
Amazon
2. Have them shipped directly to the address below. We’ll partner with the Clothing Shop and Operation Kindness to have the items shipped over.
McLean Bible Church
c/o Internet Campus
8925 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, VA 22182
3. Pray for Jonathan and the children. Please pray that this outreach would have an evangelical impact through Jonathan and that the kids will experience the love of Christ through him and the donations.
4. Email “Owen.Paun@McLeanBible.Org,” and let me know what you purchased. If you would like, we will include a picture of you along with a note of what city/state you are from when we hand out the items to the children.
It’s as simple as that! Once we’ve collected the donations, we will be sure that they get to Jonathan. For more information about the Bazaar school, please click here. Thanks for helping us serve these children in Christ’s name!
If you have any questions, please contact Owen at owen.paun@mcleanbible.org.
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