Healing Hearts in Hurting Homes

Another three of our outreach teams are working with Eastside Community Church putting on a holiday club for children in inner city Pretoria. About 150 kids show up everyday for lessons, crafts, games and memory verses. In the first two days, ten children have already made the decision to ask Jesus into their hearts.

Eija, one of this year’s participants, was talking with a ten-year-old girl who had come to her for prayer. After talking for a while, the girl felt comfortable enough with Eija to share that her mother had been beating her at home. Together they prayed that her situation at home would get better, that her mother would realize how badly she was treating her daughter and change, and that the little girl would find strength and hope in Jesus. The next day, the little girl came back with a letter for Eija. In the letter, she thanked Eija for praying for her and said her situation at home had already gotten much better. Most of all, she was thankful for the happiness she found in knowing that Jesus cares for her.

Remember to pray for the teams working with children. They have a tremendous opportunity to plant seeds of truth into young lives. Some of the kids from the inner city are dealing with very grown-up problems at home; pray for openness and trust between the children and counselors. Kids need the hope of Jesus too!