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Films from the field.

Three days of VBS in Cheyyar, May 2026, in 90 seconds

Singing and dancing with the teachers, costumed characters, juice and snacks, chicken biryani cooked over open fires, a gift bag for every child, and the buses home to the villages. On the final day, 536 children came.

A tour of the new Mission House in Lazareni (3 minutes)

“A miracle house.” Upstairs are dormitories with bunk beds for visiting mission teams, bathrooms, a laundry room, a lounge, and a kitchen and dining room. Downstairs is the main multi-purpose hall, where the Caleb Foundation gathers children of every age and adults from the village.

A sample mission trip to Lazareni (5 minutes)

Worship with the children, lead crafts and Bible lessons, and pray with the women and men of the village. Weld, build and clean up alongside the Caleb Foundation team. Then step into Roma homes to pray with families and help them with their medication. Come to serve, experience God’s love firsthand, and leave changed. Every mission trip is tailored to the team that comes: its size, its gifts and the time it has. This video is one sample of what a team can do. Ask about a trip

Our work among the Roma: three voices from Lazareni (2024, 3 minutes)

Two former students and a man who grew up in the village tell what the Caleb Foundation has meant to them: learning Romanian at school, teachers who loved them, a trip to a lake their parents could never have paid for. “What the kids have here,” he says, “for me as a young boy was just a dream.” Since John and Suzanne came, and Alina and George carried the work on, “it is like the kingdom of God was spread all around.”

A Story of Transformation (2024, 5 minutes)

A grandmother in Lazareni tells how, seriously ill in hospital, she had a dream that changed her life. The Caleb Foundation team, who have known her for 25 years, describe the change they have seen: once hard to talk to, she is now at peace, thanks God for how he provides, and helps others from the little she has. In May 2026, she was baptized.

A word from Dr. Alex: why Timothy School needs a fence (2025, 2 minutes)

Standing in the school compound, Dr. Alex Bolek thanks Kids in Crisis supporters for years of prayer and giving, then points to the school’s biggest need. With no fence, animals and passers-by wander through the grounds during lessons, distracting the children and their teachers. A fence, he says, would make it a true place of learning. Today the fence is fully funded, thanks to one generous donor. See the fence project

A word from Dr. Alex: why Mundari Bura needs a high school (2025, 2 minutes)

More than 30 students have finished Timothy School, but to go on to high school they must leave Mundari Bura for Juba or other towns, tens or hundreds of kilometers away. Some are already married with children of their own and cannot leave. A foundation stone was laid in 2019, and Dr. Alex asks supporters to help build the high school beside the primary school. See the high school project

Timothy Primary School: Dr. Alex Bolek, community leaders and students speak (wiLearn 4 Life, December 2022, 57 minutes)

The full film of a community gathering at the school. Dr. Alex speaks for the first 24 minutes; then the area chief, the parents’ association, the school pastor, a community elder and a student representative each share what the school means to Mundari Bura.

Romania

Lazareni.

Camps, classrooms, Christmas parties, the sewing room, the mission house. About the Caleb Foundation.

Baptism day in Lazareni, May 2026. Her story is told in the film “A Story of Transformation.”2026 The newly completed Mission House: rooms for visiting teams, and space for the school and the community Suzanne Fenlason with the girls of Lazareni, 20252025 Insulating a family's home before winter The sewing room, where Roma women learn a trade Working together in the sewing room Summer camp, run with the help of short-term mission teams Summer camp: visiting teams help run the camps and activities around Lazareni A finished home: insulated walls and a solid new roof The Christmas party: there are two each year, one for each group of after-school children Christmas gifts for the after-school children The Christmas party for the younger children Christmas crafts at the older children's party Christmas presents, including new books Play time in the kindergarten Suzanne with four of the girls from the first class she and John taught, now grown, and the wife of the village leader who first asked them to hold church in their home Visiting a family at home in Lazareni Celebrating together at the Caleb Foundation A meal together at the Caleb Foundation Singing and games under the pavilion Gifts of clothing under the pavilion Summer camp: five days for the children to simply be kids, with meals, Bible lessons and plenty of fun The house insulation project helps families repair their homes and stay warm through the winter Embroidery in the sewing room, where women learn a trade, December 20192019 Joy in the snow Aprons made in the sewing room; every sale is income for the women who make them Insulation going onto a family's home A family home after the insulation project After-school tutoring helps older children keep up in Romanian schools The kindergarten, where Roma children learn Romanian before they start school Snack time: the kindergarten gives every child a meal each school day Games at summer camp Walking together through Lazareni The sign of the Caleb Foundation's school in Lazareni The Caleb School, the first school for Roma children in Lazareni One of the first classes at the Caleb School The first school for Roma children in Lazareni, built on land Kids in Crisis bought, in its early years Christmas gifts in the snow, Lazareni, December 20012001 Warm clothes for Lazareni families, November 20012001 Suzanne Fenlason sorting donated winter clothes, November 2001. The box in front is marked “John & Susie”2001 John Fenlason with two newborns, bundled against the cold, November 20012001 John Fenlason, co-founder of Kids in Crisis, with a mother in Lazareni in the early years Suzanne Fenlason with a little boy in his new winter snowsuit John Fenlason (in the striped shirt) with friends in Lazareni, unloading donated clothes and supplies in the early years Worship with a visiting team in the early years John Fenlason (in the patterned shirt) joins a circle game with the children and the team in the early years Children of Lazareni, October 20012001 A family home in Lazareni in the early years
South Sudan

Mundari Bura.

The students, the water, the road from Juba. About Timothy School.

Timothy School’s grade 8 class with Dr. Alex on the way to Terekeka town to sit the Primary Certificate of Education exams, 2026. The students walked halfway, to where the seasonal road was no longer muddy, and Dr. Alex and his nephew drove them the rest of the way.2026 Rock City Medical Centre in Juba, opened by Dr. Alex in 2023 Clean water from the school's own tap Cattle beside the school; in Mundari Bura, cattle are at the heart of daily life Fetching water, part of daily life in Mundari Bura The treacherous road from Juba, impassable in the rainy season Students and teachers gathered at Timothy School A Timothy School classroom Class in session Two Timothy School students Students in their school uniforms Students in uniform outside the classrooms Heading to class Timothy School students Supplies arrive at the school Unloading boxes of food for the students' daily meal MannaPack rice cooking over firewood for the students' daily meal Lunchtime: one meal a day for every student Sharing a meal in the shade Students with their daily meal Mealtime at Timothy School A class with their teacher The school's two oxen plowing the farm Gathered in front of Timothy School Stuck on the road to Mundari Bura in the rainy season Plowing with the school's oxen Installing solar panels on the teachers' residence The Starlink dish that connects the school with Juba and the USA The new water tower and water yard, dedicated in 2020 to supply the school and the whole community2020 The water yard's sign: funded by Kids in Crisis and built by Christian Agenda for Development, February to March 20202020 The celebration and dedication of the new well, 20202020 The procession to dedicate the well, 20202020 Families near the school in Mundari Bura, 20192019 Families near the school in Mundari Bura, 20192019 Families near the school in Mundari Bura, 20192019 Families near the school in Mundari Bura, 20192019 The foundation stone for Timothy Senior Secondary School, laid on 9 March 2019 by the governor of Terekeka State and the Anglican bishop of Terekeka. In 2016 Alex already dreamed of a high school here, and one day even a university.2019 At the school's third anniversary, the girls were invited to lead too2019 Celebrating Timothy School's third anniversary, March 20192019 Students at the third-anniversary celebration, March 20192019 The school's third anniversary celebration, 20192019 The school's third anniversary celebration, 20192019 Timothy School students, about 2019c. 2019 The school's third anniversary celebration, 20192019 The school's third anniversary celebration, 20192019 Timothy School, 20192019 Timothy School students, about 2019c. 2019 A thanksgiving celebration at Timothy School, March 20182018 The road to Mundari Bura, where a truck of bricks could take days to get through Timothy School's first classroom block, 20162016 The opening celebration at Timothy School, 20162016 Students lined up for the opening of Timothy School, 20162016 The school's second-hand vehicle, handed over in March 2016. It had to be four-wheel drive: in many places the roads simply don't exist, and hiring a vehicle and driver for every trip had been costly.2016 The first children try out their new classroom, February 20162016 Inside one of the first four classrooms, February 20162016 The first four classrooms, finished in February 20162016 Trucks with the new desks and benches arrive in Mundari Bura, February 20162016 Loading the school furniture in Juba for the trip to Mundari Bura, February 20162016 A hand-built log bridge on the road from Juba to Mundari Bura, one of the hazards of the rainy season The frame and roof of the first four classrooms go up, early 2016. The prayer that winter was for the last materials, so school could start in February.2016 The materials finally arrive, and construction begins2016 The road from Juba to Mundari Bura after the rains The Timothy School sign, made in Juba and carried to the site with the building materials, December 20152015 Teak and bamboo bought for the first four classrooms, December 20152015 Roofing sheets for the new classrooms, December 20152015 Ready to leave Juba with the building materials, December 20152015 What the war left behind in Terekeka County What the war left behind in Terekeka County Cement, paint and food loaded in Juba for Timothy School, November 20152015 Loading the first truck for Timothy School, November 2015. Alex and Helen wrote from Juba that the trucks were ready but an acute fuel shortage held them up, and asked friends to pray for fuel and a safe road.2015 November 2015: Dr. Alex (second from right) goes to Tindilo with Pastor Philip, Jacob and the payam administrator to ask for land for the school2015
India

Cheyyar.

Vacation Bible School and the villages. About the outreach.

Vacation Bible School, May 20262026 The puppet show on the last day of VBS, May 20262026 Gift bags for every child, VBS, May 20262026 The new church at Keezhmattai, 20252025 Vacation Bible School, May 20252025 Vacation Bible School, May 20252025 New Bibles at Vacation Bible School, May 20252025 Vacation Bible School, May 20252025 The new ministry vehicle, March 20252025 Blessing Refuge Church, Cheyyar, 20242024 The congregation outside the church, 20242024 Christmas dinner, December 20232023 The Christmas celebration, December 20232023 New clothes for the Christmas outreach, December 20232023 Christmas gifts, December 20232023 Vacation Bible School, 20232023 A village pastor with the children, 20232023 The children's Christmas program at Blessing Refuge Church, Cheyyar Pastor Ruby at her church, 20212021 Relief during the lockdown, April 20202020 Food during the lockdown, March 20202020 Village children, March 20202020 Food during the lockdown, March 20202020 Food during the lockdown, March 20202020 Food during the lockdown, March 20202020 Food during the lockdown, March 20202020 Village outreach, January 20202020 Children in the villages, January 20202020 An evangelist on the village roads, January 20202020 Kids in Crisis International in India Kids in Crisis International in India Kids in Crisis International in India Kids in Crisis International in India Kids in Crisis International in India Kids in Crisis International in India Kids in Crisis International in India Kids in Crisis International in India Kids in Crisis International in India
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