The Holy Spirit put it on my heart a couple months ago to begin reaching out to the kids in our neighborhood. I don't know much about most of their home-lives, but I know they play in the street in front of our compound every day. It really couldn't be an easier opportunity to love on people. They're out there almost every afternoon and they long for attention. Nonetheless, I voiced this to Josh and he really helped me put feet to the idea.
We started playing with them about 2 days a week. We now know most all their names and personalities and really look forward to our time with them. But we needed some structure in order to tell them about Jesus :) We decided to lead these kids through the same scripture that we would lead lost adults through. Beginning with Creation and working our way towards Christ, we're telling these kiddos the stories of the Bible. They are memorizing verses and we play games, sing songs, and make crafts that help them apply the story to real life.
We began this Monday with the creation story. On Thursday when we met again, they were so proud to share the verse they had memorized! Enjoy the video of these sweet babies (and I say that with the Spirit and Love of God in me. some of them really aren't very sweet :) Pray for us to have patience as we tell them about Jesus. Pray for us to love them with all we can. Pray for the Holy Spirit to soften and awaken their hearts. Their Roman Catholic/Spiritist roots go deep. Pray for Jesus to be glorified on the streets of Maria Aurora.
"Nang pasimula ay nilikha ng Diyos ang langit at ang lupa." Genesis 1:1
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1
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