Luke 18:16, “But Jesus
called them [unto him], and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God”.
As each Sunday
the church gathers, part of our congregation is made up of kids. They join us
at the beginning of our service at 10 am. Before they can be released to their
classes we have songs that are relevant to them. It is happy to see them sing
in both English and Dinka. We have one teacher very committed to the Sunday school
and I had a chance to help her for two Sundays. I realized that the kids are
very attentive and creative and can remember past lessons, which was a great
blessing to me. We have been having one class but are implementing a second
class such that we can be having two classes every Sunday. We believe and hope
that this will help in reaching many kids and increase effectiveness. It is
always happy to see the kids have fun outside after their classes. They do
various forms of games.
We believe that in reaching the children,
we are reaching not only this generation but a generation to come. These kids
are still fresh and their minds are quick to learn. The bible tells in Proverbs 22:6, “Train
up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from
it”.
I and kids at Malony
I also travelled to Malony last week with the medical team where after ministering
the word to the adult patients, I called the children aside and it is kind we
had another wonderful service. I shared the word from genesis about creation
and fall of man. We then prayed together and had a couple of songs. The kids
were very excited and kept telling me that I should do the same next time I visit.
I also visited the headteacher to the local primary
school, which has a population of 97 pupils. I shared with him our idea of
showing the Jesus film to the pupils in school and requested Him for permission
to do so . He was okay with it and promised
us that when they begin the feeding programme sometime later in April we are
welcome to go and minister to the pupils as well as show the Jesus film. This
we feel is a breakthrough worth praising God for.
These are part of the effort we are making
to make the gospel get to the children, and have them won for Christ. Statistics
show that about 85% of Christians give their lives to Christ when they are
still children.
Prayer points
***Pray that we
shall have breakthroughs in many other schools to air the Jesus film and share
the gospel regularly
***Pray for our
Sunday school that we shall have enough teachers and helpers.
***Pray that these
kids shall make their personal choices to follow Christ
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