After speaking with our contacts who live in Swazi, this is our new updated ministry supplies list. As you're collecting ministry supplies, don't go crazy. If everyone committed to bringing 1 or 2 of these items, we'd be covered. There are suggested amounts on each item for good reason.  If the suggestion is to bring 40 glue sticks, please do not bring 140…bigger is not necessarily better in this case.  :)  Know that when you get here to GA, we're going to combine all of our ministry supplies in as few bags as possible. This is to make extra space for baby quilts we'll be taking over to the orphans in Swazi. I know that a few of you have been working on getting all of this organized, and I thank you! Please run with this updated list now. Whoever wants to step up and spearhead this, that's great! Just make sure the entire team (and leaders) are on any emails. I don't really care how it all breaks down, just make sure that on June 14^th when our team convenes in GA that we have all the needed ministry supplies. Thanks guys for your help with this!!

Ministry Supply List:
1. Household scissors: 20-30 some kid sized and some adult sized so we can precut stuff so the kids don't have to handle scissors too much.

2. about 40 glue sticks

3. a few bottles of Craft Glue/Tacky Glue

4. Construction Paper - just get loose leaf...from a package...sparkles, marble, and bright colors are fun. We'll go through tons and tons of this. So we can almost all just bring 1 or 2 packs and we should be fine

5. Paper Plates- just the cheap ones will work...again a 300+ will work Great

6. Sharpies of all colors- again a very useful thing for name tags especially.

7. Tape- scotch tape, masking tape, duct tape, packing tape (clear kind) are all good and useful. Multiple rolls of colored masking/duct tape for the kid's name tags was a hit last year.

8. Buckets of craft foam- some times they even have foam stickers...kids love those things...there are also crosses and religious shapes you can get.  The kids love all kinds of stickers!!

9. Small paper bags...brown and white lunch bags are good i brought like 400 last year we made puppets with them...again lots of fun!

10. Felt, Ribbon, Extra Materials- it's always fun to see what random stuff you can make out of these things.

11. Animal balloons and a pump.

12. Regular balloons.  Lots and lots!!!

13. Crayola markers and crayons- washables are best...just a bunch of standard 8 or 12 packs of markers and larger 8 packs or the normal 24 packs of crayons will work for the kids- good for anytime they draw.

14. Crayola stampers

15. Coloring pages!!! Make a bunch of copies of some Bible story color pages...the kids love to sit and color with you and their friends. Or bring some books along

16. Balls- deflated soccer balls, basketballs, volleyballs, kickballs, nerf balls, frisbees, footballs, etc, are fun for games with the kids. Oh...don't forget a needle and pump...or else they will be useless. **Soccer balls, Frisbees and jumping / skipping ropes are big favorites in Swazi.

Please do not bring:

• Popsicle or Craft sticks...PLEASE DO NOT bring more of this!!!! We have more than what we now what to do with!!!! If you want to use it for ministry we have it for you!!
  
• Multi-colored or florescent typing paper... Not really a need for this.
  
• Yarn...PLEASE DO NOT bring yarn. We have lots and lots.
  
• Packs of craft floss... not really a need for this.
  
• Pipe cleaners...We don't really need more. 

***If there are any questions with this, please comment here.