Community Outreach

    For our Tuesday outreach we tried to make it more interactive to get the kids involved in the Bible story. It was so cute to see them act out the story of Jesus’ birth from the wise men following the star to the birth in the stable. The kids really seemed to enjoy it, if the laughter was anything to go by. They are remembering the songs really well and participating more and more each time we come. I am excited to see what God it doing in these children’s lives through our team.

    Every time we go to outreach one of the older kids goes with us to translate. We headed out like our previous Fridays but when we met up with the Pastor of the local church, she brought us to a new place.          There were so many children, too many to count and too many names to remember them all. But one face I remember well. A five-year-old little girl stood in front of Brittney and started to sing her a song. I leaned in close to hear and was amazed at the little girl’s angelic voice as she sang, “change my heart oh God…” She sang another song with Brittney and then said a verse and walked away. We did not see here again the rest of the time we were there, not during the songs or the games or the Bible story.
    When it was time for the Bible story, all of the children gathered around and listened intently, even the adults were listening. When the story ended, we sang a song and then we had our question and answer game. Hands shot up to answer questions and we took the pictures of the winners so that we could give them prizes when we return next week. I can’t wait to see what God will do and show me through these children in the weeks to come.

Community outreach in Mantina

-Robin