Christmas Letter 2019

Here are the photos from Juhala Christmas Letter 2019 and more.    Enjoy.

Emails of Impact

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Below are three emails we recently received from Foster / Adoptive Parents and a Camper Alumni just thanking RFK for some great experiences for their children.

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Adoptive Moms email to RFK

Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:58 PM


To: Office <Office@royalfamilykids.org>


From: Christina K**** (Email: cbk****@hotmail.com)

My son who is adopted from foster care attended his first RFK camp in June.

He LOVED it.

It was a very healing experience for him.

He keeps his special bag of treasures (toys, photos, etc) from camp at the foot of his bed. And loves to sleep wearing his camp shirt that has positive messages written by camp leaders all over it.

One gift that has been especially comforting for him is the Playaway with music… 

Thank you, Christina K****

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Foster Parent email to Camp Directors in Texas Camp #51 

From: Ryan B***** < ryanf**.b****@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: RFKC Confirmation and packing list

Date: October 17, 2019 at 8:54:15 AM CDT

To: dedwards@ourfatherschildren.org

Hi Melinda and the RFKC staff,

This e-mail is long overdue, but I just wanted to express my appreciation for everything Royal Family Kids does for foster kids. 

Our current foster child, Mikayla K****, comes from a very rough background and does not have many good experiences in her life.  But to this day she still talks about all of the fun she had at camp this past summer and can't wait to return the following year. 

My wife and I are extremely grateful for organizations like Royal Family Kids that invest time and resources into innocent kids who are enduring difficult circumstances. 

Please continue this ministry and forward our praise to other members of the leadership team.

James 1:27

Regards,

Ryan

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Camper Alumni Email

From: WordPress <wordpress@rfk.org> 


Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019


To: Office <Office@royalfamilykids.org>


Kassandra B****** (Email: b******.kassandra@gmail.com) wrote:

I’d just like to say this was the BEST TIMES of my childhood life.

This camp was so much fun and it was an escape from reality for me as a kid.

I went here when I was maybe 6 and I can to this day at 23 years old still remember the Royal Family Kids Camp song from memory and I still have the water bottle it's written on.

I’d just like to say thank you for making a difference in my life and all the rest of the children’s lives I’m positive you all have impacted!

Kassandra B.

Revealing Letters

At the end of camp, we usually ask campers if they would like to write a letter to God.  It's up to them, whatever they'd like to say.  

We also ask if they would like to tell us what they like about RFK.

Here are a few letters from our camp in Tulsa, OK.

Changing Perspectives of Children in Foster Care.

For a variety of reasons people have made negative assumptions about children who are placed in Foster care.  It’s typical for people to assume that children are removed because the child’s behaviors are out of control.  This chart, based on data from the Children’s Bureau, clearly shows that the main causes for a child to be removed is because of the parents!   

(There are usually multiple reasons why a child is removed, therefore see the note listed.)

Note: These categories are not mutually exclusive, so percentages will total

more than100% and counts will be more than the total number of entries.