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KidsGames: Building God's Kingdom in Solana Beach and Ghana

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Today we washed cars and sold baked goods to raise over $7000 for Emmanuel's school in Ghana for disabled and abled kids. Ten percent of Ghana's population is disabled, and most are destined for begging on the streets.  That's what Emmanuel's fate would have been, if not for his mother's words to him, "You will not beg, God has a purpose for you." Not only has Emmanuel not begged (his story is told in the DVD "Emmanuel's Gift") but he has become a challenged triathlete and has created a foundation to help kids in his home country.  KidsGames is learning about his foundation and the school we are raising money for. Emmanuel's dream is to have disabled and abled kids in the same school so kids are "mainstreamed" from the beginning.  700 preschoolers to sixth graders are participating in KidsGames at SBPC , which includes a "sport" (basketball to slot cars to scrapbooking), a compassion project (Emmanuel's sch