Friends and Supporters of Vulnerable Children,
We love to bring you encouraging stories about the ministries you are involved with. Here is one such story about Rachel.
Friends,
Micah 6:8 is a verse I have been thinking about a lot over the past several years.
What does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
There are a lot of things to say with that verse as a theme, but I won’t bore (or amuse) you with my amateur theology. This verse, however, has been a guide to much of what I have chosen to do. This week I was faced with a situation. It has not disappeared, of course. I am still in a dilemma
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Dear Friends,
Praise the Lord! Having partnered with The Outreach Foundation for some time now in caring for vulnerable children in the Kamwenge community, we thought you would find some of these developments in and around the school as a testimony to the work the Lord is accomplishing through us all in this community.
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Dear Friends of Rwandan Children,
I greet you in the name of our Savior Jesus Christ. I recently spoke with Cyprien Musabwa, Coordinator for the Street Children's Ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Rwanda. He reported that there are some exciting things happening at the center.
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Dear Friends,
Almost everyone has either broken a bone or knows someone who has experienced a broken bone. There are also certain particularly unfortunate individuals (Evel Knievel comes to mind) who have broken many bones, many times. Motorcycles have become a primary form of transportation in the Congo. One thing that is not much different between the U.S. and DR Congo is that if you crash a motorcycle you will likely get some broken bones! Improperly treated fractures can lead to serious handicaps which may impair a person’s ability to earn a living. In the United States expert medical care is readily available, and even serious fractures can be properly and promptly treated. As you might imagine, things are slightly different in the DR Congo.
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Dear Friends,
Greetings from Zambia. I realize people appreciate stories of what God has done, and we do like to share those! But my experience is that the most significant stories I’m involved in are just beginning. My calling is to equip and prepare others for ministry. I teach students, I preach to them, I befriend them, and sometimes I have to correct them. I also do a lot of listening, whether in class discussions, as seminarians preach, informally between classes, or sitting with them in my office. I teach, but I also try to offer a pastoral presence in students’ lives, to take part in what God is doing to mold and shape them for future ministry.
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My Mother Has AIDS
Ruth was awaiting the birth of her second child when her husband abruptly left her and their four-year-old daughter. He had learned that Ruth had AIDS. She was now forced to provide for herself, her daughter, and her soon-to-be born child.
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Dear Friends and Family,
I (Christi) was recently in Niger at the request of the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) to follow up on water projects established the last several years through the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. Jeff had been asked to accompany a joint delegation from PC(USA) and the Reformed Church in America, including World Mission staff, mission workers, and Dr. Rob Weingartner, executive director of The Outreach Foundation. It was a good opportunity for me to take part as an agent from the Compassion, Peace and Justice ministry to make the team multidisciplinary.
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Dear Friends,
Our Hope was Born Through Pain
Although pain can be difficult to experience, good can be born through pain. There is pain at childbirth, but after the pain comes great fruit. Unless a seed dies, as Jesus said, it can’t multiply. We are indeed indebted to those who sacrifice for the work that’s taking place here; who have to part with money and materials to sustain work among those in need. I compare it to the act of God giving up his son for us, and Christ willfully laying down his life for us. Although these came with pain, they yield much fruit and bear witness to the fact that hope is born through pain.
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