What people said about the visit in March - April 2004

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The comments below have all been taken from e-mails sent during the course of the visit

I was one of the 500 people in the audience of the Manor School night performance by Bethany on Saturday May 8th and I also went to the Oaklands the day after. Me and my friend were wondering if we could possibly have an address so we could write to the children we made friends with and keep in contact with them. We really enjoyed the performance and especially meeting the family of Bethany. They were all so kind and polite and we really didn't want to say goodbye to them when they left on Sunday. So we would be really happy if we could keep in touch with them.
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Hi people, I thought your performance was spectacular I am one of the pupils of Oakland school York you visited us today 7/5/04 please will you say a bit HI to every one at Bethany and tell Jessica a big hi too thanks, LOVE YOU ALL,
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I cannot thank you and the children enough for visiting our school today. It was wonderful!! After you left a few children were asking me where they could see the children perform again, which I thought was really nice.
The feedback from the staff was fantastic, a few were asked me which particular children had visited, as pupils were talking about them and wanted to contact individuals later.
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I think its great what you are doing and would love to help in any way possible. When my school (Haslingden High School) had a visit from the Bethany Family I was touched by the children and there stories. I can’t believe the affect the children had on me, and how amazing it is what you are doing so please tell me what I can do to help. I am willing to do anything to raise money for the Bethany project. I would love to come to the Bethany project to help out with the children when I am old enough, it would be fantastic to make a difference in someone’s life, like you people do everyday. Once again I think its amazing what you are doing.
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Thanks again for your wonderful assembly this afternoon - I've posted the pictures we took on our web site Take care & keep in touch!
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I really enjoyed the assembly yesterday with the Bethany children, and it clearly had an impact on our children because I heard a number of them discussing it during the day. I think that the whole visit has been very good for the children and the school.
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I just wanted to thank you. The visit was wonderful, the children were absolutely super,
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I have recently enjoyed an experience with 11 members of the Tanzania Bethany Family, hearing about their past lives made me realise that what I have I take for granted.
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Just to let you know that everybody at school had a wonderful day with the bethany children and we will certainly remember the day fondly. The children were an absolute delight - so friendly and polite.
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What a wonderful night it was on Wednesday night we all enjoyed it very much, so much so we want to see them again and I wondered if you could email me the programme of their remaining events. It really touched me especially the children praying at the end that was very special and I've never experienced anything like that before
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My name's Johanna and I worked with 13 of the 8-11 year olds from Bethany that came to Spring Harvest between 3rd-8th April. Just wanted to write a quick note to say they really touched my heart, and blessed me loads. I work with young people in England full time and it amazes me at how different children from other less fortunate backgrounds are. The children were so grateful for the time we spent with them and I really felt like they appreciated the time and effort we put in. If anyone gets the chance just thank the kids for me and tell them Jo says "hi!", they really made the week worthwhile. their smiles melted my heart, and i love them to bits, even after just a few days I felt like we'd all really bonded. I'll be praying for them all.
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Dear all people at Bethany,
Hello. Thankyou for coming to are school we have really enjoyed your visits and hope that we will be hearing from you soon, the whole school loved your singing and dancing and we feel very inspired by your inspiration and lovely smiles all day long. We hope that we made you feel welcome in our school and will be looking forward to your next visit to our St.Christophers
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Thank you for coming into Darwen Moorland High School with the children. I hope they enjoyed their day. I know they have made an incredible mark on our children.