Happy November 30...

People are my FAVORITE!! I love meeting new people- hearing their stories, laughing with them, encountering their culture, sharing in their journey, and praying for them. God has been so good to allow me to cross paths with a lot of people that have shown me more of WHO HE IS. He’s done this in a big way through the children of CT. They have quickly wiggled their barefeet into my heart…and one precious little girl in particular…

I’ve mentioned 4 year old Robin before and I want to update you on what God has been doing in her family. I haven’t been able to visit her or see her as much as I would have liked, but I hope to remedy that in the last couple of weeks that I have here in CT.

Robin lives in a township called Capricorn with her mother Rosalyn and her baby brother JC. There have been some recent changes her family situation, which have brought a little more safety in the home, but also more hardship because Rosalyn has been left with no financial resources to buy the necessities that her family needs (food, etc). I was chatting with a LH Life Skill Educator about their situation, when he told me that Rosalyn had just recently prayed to receive Christ!!! Isn’t that amazing!! And he has committed himself to helping the family grow in the Lord.

When I heard this wonderful news, I e-mailed my aunt in Murfreesburo, TN to let her know because she and her Sunday school class have been praying for this family each week. She replied to tell me that they had been diligently praying that someone in the house would become a believer!!! WOW! “The prayer of a righteous man is POWERFUL and EFFECTIVE.” James 5:16

This week I got to go back to visit Robin and Rosalyn. They had only met me one other time but remembered my name and hugged me like we were long lost friends. This definitely made my day! I had the opportunity to hold sweet Robin in my arms and pray for them in their home. As I was leaving, I asked Rosalyn how I could specifically pray for her, and her answer ROCKED MY WORLD…”Pray that I would grow spiritually…I don’t ask for material things, because I know I can’t take them HOME with me.” Ok, this simple prayer comes from a new believer (maybe 3 weeks), she has no income, barely any food for her family, lives in a crime and drug filled community, and lives in a 2 room shanty with a dirt floor and one bed. I hope her words echo in my mind (AND YOUR MIND) forever.

After I visited that day, I made up my mind to visit once a week before I leave. And also that I’d try to get Robin to come to the daily kid’s club that Living Hope runs in her community. This would be a positive place and support system to connect the family with…but once again, God was way ahead of me…

Yesterday afternoon Zana,, Natalie and I went out to Capricorn kids club and as I walked up I heard someone yell my name. It was Rosalyn…there she was with Robin, JC, and her oldest daughter Geraldine! Robin latched on to me quickly and we had the best time playing and being silly. So, God had already been working to connect them with Living Hope, YAY!!!!!!

May God use the kid’s club program to bring Christ’s HOPE and LIGHT into the life of this precious family.

What a blessing that God has been so good to let me be able to meet Rosalyn and Robin during my time here in South Africa. How great to get be a part of their lives, to share their story with you, and for us all to pray and watch God work. PRAY HARD FOR THEM…HE IS ANSWERING!!