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Kids 'n' Things

Kees-Jan Koster, from the Netherlands and Tamara Verboom, also from the Netherlands, both came to OM Lifehope to work with the Kids 'n' Things ministry - Kees-Jan in 2011 and Tamara in the autumn of 2012.

The Kids 'n' Things team shares the message of Jesus with children in ways they can easily understand and relate to. Using a variety of creative skills including puppetry, storytelling, mime and music, the Kids 'n' Things team reaches around 10,000 children each year in schools and churches around the UK, and they want to do even more.

“When you see hundreds of kids and you hear them react to the performance…" said Tamara, "You know, some of the kids have a tough home life and so to hear them - it makes me happy. They laugh and shout but then when the Bible story begins it's silent. It's really amazing."

"I love the holiday clubs," said Kees-Jan. "We have less contact with the kids in schools, but with holiday clubs you can connect with kids in a deeper way."

During one holiday club, one of the teenage helpers told the team that she had been coming to these holiday clubs for 16 years. To see her now helping out was very gratifying.

“We plant a seed but we don't always see the results," said Tamara. "You never know how something really small like puppets can be used to touch people's lives."