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| Craft time with kids in the slum. |
It has been
a great month of ministering to the kids, women and youths. God has been faithful
to me in the smallest thing to the biggest thing. One of the biggest things God
has been teaching me is to have lots of patience in many areas of my life. The
ministry with the slum kids is going on well. Vilma and I have started the VBS
for the kids with fun bible teachings and crafts and they have loved it. They
find so much joy in learning more about God and His love for them. This year
one of my prayers and wish has been for them to accept the Lord into their
hearts and follow his ways. As we were teaching the first day lesson of our VBS
to the kids we had a short time of explaining to the kids the importance of
accepting Jesus in their lives.
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| Saying yes to Jesus. |
So we asked
them if anyone wanted to and six of the kids stood up for receiving Christ and
we were so happy for them. We had a good time of leading them into prayer and they
received Jesus into their hearts. This is a great thing to see as I know that
the heavens rejoice over this. It is going to be hard for the kids to follow
Christ as they are the only ones who know Christ in their family and follow Him
as none of their parents do. Most of their parents are strong Hindus and we
encourage the kids to keep praying for them and be a light in their family. I
am so happy that they took this big step because they have been going to church
and attending many Christian programs without knowing the importance of having
personal relationship with Jesus. This is a new step for them and I know that
God will continue to help us to guide them in the right way. Seeing this has
been so encouraging to my heart and I love working with them each day.
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| Game time with kids in the children's home |
I have also
been ministering to some of the youths having one on ones with them and it has
been a joy hearing them and ministering to them. We had a lot of fun going to
one of the children’s home here in Ranchi and ministering to the kids there as
our youth outreach. It was a good time of playing and spending time with them.
This month also has been a time of preparing for our upcoming VBS in the next
month. We have a good team of helpers who are helping us to get all things done
for the three days program that is happening. I am excited for what God is
going to do in these three days and we are praying that the kids would be
blessed.
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| Fun time of ministry with the kids. |
Some of my
prayer requests would be:
· For God to continue to give us ideas
how to make the VBS a more effective one.
· For God to guide us in helping the
kids at the slum grow closer to Him in deeper levels and know Gods word more.
For the VBS that is taking place that everything
would go well and that the kids would feel blessed and for the youth retreat also
that is happening this month for Gods grace and guidance.
