The Father of the fatherless

Father blesses the work by taking the Children's Church in a more experiential direction: the consciousness of the reality of the heart's corruption even in the little ones. We are totally inadequate to communicate the salvation of Christ, and we know our help comes from the Lord alone. Molested children are common here. It is a silent plague where parents and relatives themselves are often the offenders. We taught the children that their bodies were gifted by the Lord to be theirs alone, and no one else, except by their own mothers on necessary instances, can touch or see it. They were given warnings to be aware of when another person starts touching them where they are not supposed to be touched, and to wear clothes that cover a good portion of their bodies.

One item in our monthly prayer and fasting includes the bringing out of many secret sins, in the children, and in the churches. It is of great comfort to us that our brethren from Lubbock, Texas and New Mexico are lifting us up daily in their prayers.

One student told us, "I noticed the stories in the Old Testament are like pictures of Christ in the New Testament." God be praised for revealing this truth to babes.

God has a special place in his heart for neglected children. We know Him as the Father of the fatherless. I know this from experience. My own children as well. May the Lord grant us wise insights into the hearts of these little ones that we tell them of His mighty works, and of His great love for them in spite of what they see in real life.