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When I read them I was shocked, upset, confused. I took all the weight of the letters on me. You see at the bottom of almost everyone was the words- Help Me Please. I didn’t know how to help them I didn’t know what even to say to them. I couldn’t figure out why I was born in America and these kids were born in Africa. Why am I so blessed?
With a lot of prayer and encouragement from the team I was able to let go of the weight and trust the Lord with it. To know that its not me to help those kids but that it’s the Lord. So I trust him to comfort and give hope to our class. Here are a few of their stories. Please join me in prayer for them.
Dear Francis,
Dear Francis,
Dear Francis,
I am a boy who is 19. In 2005 when I was in Jo’burg I did bad things like drinking, having sex, doing drugs, and one day I thought of committing suicide. I was alone at home when trying to kill myself but I couldn’t do it. I started to pray and then my mother sent me to live here [Summerset]with my grandfather. Everything came fine and now I have big dreams and I am always asking God to help me achieve them. Thanks for letting me write about my story.
As you can see these kids have been thru a lot. Please join me in prayer that they will come to all know Christ and know of his hope and peace. So many in my class are just hopeless. They don’t feel that they have anything to live for. Which is not the truth. So Godfrey and I spent the week telling them of the HOPE that Christ offers. Also pray that they will abstain. I was unable to teach the last day because of scheduling mix up and was never able to see where they all stand. Even if they make that decision it will be a hard one, so many of their friends and people they know pressure them into it. There is also the enemy. He is not going to want them to stop having sex. He doesn’t want AIDS to stop spreading. So Again I ask you to pray for the kids of Johnson School 11th grade classroom C8.
Becca! I just wanted you to know that your blog has been featured this week as our “Blog of the Week.” This post was such a great picture of the work you all are accomplishing in J-Bay. We’re all so proud of you and we’re praying for you!
Barotn Girdwood
Admissions Department
Will be praying – thanks for sharing their stories.
congrats on the above. these are the reason i know and you should that God wants you there. these blogs are always so eye opening and makes me feel like i am there in a sense. Love you are i am eating some apples for you, i even made caramel apples even. can’t wait to talk to you!!!
love you and take care and i will be praying.
I am proud of you!! I read your blog earlier but write now because I needed to digest it. You are doing a great thing and I pray daily for your success and safety. You are touching so many with heavy weights there and at home by reading your blogs. Your faith is great! Keep up the good work and stay safe. You are very important to us. Reading how you let the weight of these stories and lives be supported by God has helped me. I am trying to let my weight be supported by Gods grace and do the things each day to make my life positive. I too have many blessings and when you have things get in the way that you cannot control it is hard to see those blessings without hard work. Your words give me strength. Thanks !!