Sunbeams at Camp Gideon

by | Jul 23, 2014 | Estonia

A team from St. James UMC in Athens, GA is in Estonia, helping the staff of Sunbeam run a camp for children with disabilities. This is the first summer children from Sunbeam have been to Camp Gideon and the kids are loving it. Tomorrow some parents will also come to...

Sunbeam: Looking Ahead

by | Jun 28, 2014 | Estonia

This spring has flown by. We celebrated several children’s birthdays and in March we had trips to a farm and to a playground at Toila Spa. On 1 June we celebrated our first year of work with children in Sunbeam. In April, the first large grant for child care...

All Are Different, All Are Loved

by | Jan 15, 2014 | Estonia

Here at Sunbeam we have learned a lot over the past few months as we’ve welcomed the first children into our center. Along with meeting basic needs every day, caregivers Luyve and Maria spend many hours with the children in developmental activities and...

To Belarus and Beyond

by | Dec 27, 2013 | Belarus, Estonia, Russia

Stoneworks board member Larry Heller and I recently completed a visit to Belarus, Russia and Estonia. Here is Larry’s report on our travels — Monday, December 16th — I arrived at the Minsk airport and, after buying some Belorussian insurance and...

Sunbeam: Christmas Miracles

by | Dec 23, 2013 | Estonia

Dear friends ! Cheerful joy has reigned in our house for these past few weeks. We decorated the rooms for Christmas – in happy expectation. The children of the Estonian high school in Jõhvi brought to us a wonderful festive mood on December 13. Good memories...