This is a blog of the short-term missions that our church is involved in. Praise the Lord for the work that He is doing!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Awesome is our God
What a blessed day. The team went to a school to teach the children about the Lord. These kids are very poor and almost all of them are living with people other then their parents. In fact, 95% of the parents have HIV, which they contracted while living in Inter Displaced People (IDP) camps. The children are so beautiful and happy, despite any problems in their lives. There are about 275 children ranging from 5 to 17 years-old. We started the day by introducing our selves, and telling a little about each one of us. Then we broke into the different age groups to teach the lessons. These children LOVE the Lord Jesus sooo much! It blessed our team so much to work with them. For most of the group, teaching with a translator is a new experience, but the Holy Spirit was there and the message went out. We taught about how God provides for us. Since there were visitors at the school (from Pocatello), they served lunch. Normally, the kids do not get any food while going there. After lunch, the team did a drama called "The Sin Box". It showed the kids that once we let sin into our lives, it is very difficult to remove it. The only way we can conquer our sin is by leaning on the strength of the Lord. It was easy to see the kids were blessed by the play. After that we continued to teach and play games with the kids until school was out. We will be going back tomorrow. The team was blessed by the Holy Spirit today. We need prayer for the team as we continue. The team has knit together in a way that could only be the work of God. Please pray that we would continue to be effective and in the will of God. God bless you.
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God is using you in amazing ways!! Not only with your presence there, but by giving them the most expensive gift in the world - eternal life!! We got you covered in prayer...Hey prayer people, google "kitgum" and see and learn about this place!
ReplyDeleteIt's so great to hear about all that is going on. We wish we could be there with you! We are in Spirit! We're praying for you continually. So good to hear about the team unity... that is SO important! It is such a struggle when you don't have that. God bless you all!!!
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