Pray for the Nyala Presbyterian
Evangelical Church in Darfur, Sudan where the church is caring for 20
former orphans.
Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they roll out
the strategy to connect the first 10 churches in the US with 10 churches in Haiti to
provide care for the orphans. To learn more go to,
www.Haitiorphanrelief.org
Pray for the team deploying to South Africa on April
8th, led by Mike Krick.
Please pray for the Christian Life
Centre in Chatsworth, South Africa. PastorSiva has remarkable church caring for18
former orphans plus hundreds of other orphans in their community based
programs. A team from the Midwest lead by Mike Krick will be traveling to South Africa in
April.
Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they start to wrap-up their contacts with churches today and head home tomorrow.
The Nicaragua team has returned from a fruitful trip. Please pray for the US churches as they begin to strategize how to partner with the Verbo Churches to rescue and care for orphans in some of the poorest and least reached areas of Nicaragua.
This is a lecture by a former child soldier who has the wonderful ability of story telling. During his account of the events he chronicled in his book, he tells the stories of his life before, during and after the war. His story is remarkable, and the time it takes to hear the entire lecture is well worth it. He makes several points about the orphan cycle of child soldiers.
Ishmael credits his recovery to the passion of people that wanted him to recover. Ishmael placed great importance on two things: The fact that the people who worked at the recovery center were from Sierra Leon, and the sports they used to help them make break throughs in their recovery. He said:
“Thank God that the people who worked at the center were Sierra Leonians, who were deeply interested in helping us. It makes a tremendous difference when people who are from your country, help you to recover. Somebody who is from the outside can easily forgive you, who have not been there during the war. But when somebody, perhaps some of the peoples whose family you had actually you had destroyed, will want to come to take care of you, it makes a tremendous difference.
Another way they did this was sports, football, soccer.”
Without knowing it, Ishmael gave a great testimony for two parts of our strategy. The importance that the work is carried out by the indigenous church. Not only it is important for the community to identify the work being done by the church, but it matters to the children as well. The second part being, our strategy to use sports in the process of growth and healing.
I hope that someday the result of the work of World Orphans means that there are thousands of kids like Ishmael, who are able to tell how the members of their church helped them recover from the cycle that caused them to be an orphan. And that their story does not end there, but it goes on to tell how they also lead them to eternal life.
Listen to his story then leave a comment about what impressed you.
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Pray for the United Community Methodist Church in Jinja, Uganda. Where Pastor Sam Magumba and Lameck Mbai and the church are caring for 20 former orphans.
Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they worship today and continue
to contact churches. To learn
more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org.
Pray for the F.S. Training Center in China where Pastor "A" and the church family is
raising 50 former Orphans. Ask the Lord for His provision expand their impact on their
community through expanding the center to care for 50 more orphans.
Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they worship today and continue
to contact churches. To learn
more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org.
Please remember to pray for the Ebenezer Bible
Churchin Temba,
South Africa where PastorPhillip and the church family is raising 20 former Orphans, and looking to expand their impact on their community through sustainable projects. A team from the Midwest will be traveling to South Africa in April.
Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they continue to contact churches today and speak at a conference of pastors. To learn more go to, www.Haitiorphanrelief.org
Please pray for the Christian Life
Centre in Chatsworth, South Africa. PastorSiva has remarkable church caring for18 former orphans plus hundreds of other orphans in their community based programs. A team from the Midwest will be traveling to South Africa in April.
Pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team as they start to contact churches today.
Pray for the Fountain of
Hope in Nairobi,
Kenya. For Pastor Juluis and the 12 former orphans. Also pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team deployed in Haiti and the Team on a vision trip in Nicaragua.
Please pray for the Jesus Savior Church, in Soldanesti City, Moldova. Pastor Vasile ministers to 10 former orphans and many others in transition. Also pray for the Haiti Orphan Relief Team on day 3 in Haiti. Learn more by going to www.haitiorphanrelief.org.
