Cross Point raises funds for new school in Tanzania

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The congregation of Cross Point Baptist Church is on a

mission to educated and house children in Tanzania through the Angel House

Orphanage and Angel Secondary School.

The orphanage began in 2005 with 30 children, now there are

60 people, ages 2 to 22, which live at the orphanage.

An informational sheet on the orphanage says the children

have been orphaned because of AIDS or malaria, or have been abandoned because

of poverty. The children have certain responsibilities, such as working in the

garden, and have the chance to go to school.

According to Holly Opundo, the secondary school, established

in 2011, provides education for students. Their education is funded by

scholarships sponsored by people living in the United States.

This summer a group of 15 people will be traveling to

Tanzania in July to help convert an old office building into a nursery school,

said Cheryl Spillers, who went to Tanzania last year with her daughter and two

other women to tutor students.

The church will also be hosting a 5K in downtown Perry on

March 2 called The Good Race. For more information on the race or the school

visit www.discovercrosspoint.net.

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