The Rest Of The Story

The first children to be rescued.

Good evening,

Good News! Praising God!
Thank you so much for praying. God answered prayers. The children and staff were found and rescued, the first helicopter landed in Gonaives around 11:00 AM this morning. We then waited MANY hours before receiving a report that the remaining children were successfully rescued.

The orphanage that originally was going to take the children in was not able to help at this time. So, they have landed in our Children's Village for now. We are thankful for God providing a way to safety. The children and helpers have been fed. Mike, Nathan and their director will be assessing the situation tomorrow.

Please continue praying for the children for comfort and peace. It is hard to imagine the trauma they have walked through. Pray for wisdom and compassion for the adults that will be ministering to the children. We are so very grateful for your faithful prayers.

Blessings, Chris

Sorry the photo is not that clear.

 URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

Hello,

We urgently need your prayers for tomorrow morning, Wednesday.

For a week the citizens of Arcahaie, Cabaret and Bercy have been fighting off the gangs, there has been killing, rapes, burning buildings and utter destruction. The gangs have finally taken over. Friends of ours had an orphanage in Bercy, which is about two hours from our main village in Marose. Their orphanage was looted and destroyed by the gangs taking over. Our friend and seven of his nannys and cooks, along with 39 children fled to the mountains. Soon as he could, our friend called Pastor Nathan for help. They are hiding in a safe spot, but have nothing left. We offered to take them into our Children's Village. The problem is the few main roads are not safe to travel on. So, we have been working with them to come up with a solution.

Praise God! There is now a helicopter from the Kenyan UN troops that will be trying to fly into the mountains where they are located and rescue them. This is supposed to take place tomorrow morning, Wednesday. Nathan knows another orphanage about 20 minutes from us that only has a few children left in it, so they will be flown there tomorrow morning, if all goes as planned. Nathan will be waiting for them on this end. We will be helping to provide food, clothing and bedding.

Please be praying for the helicopter to be able to find them and safely transport all of them. Pray for peace and comfort for the children, helpers and our friend, they have experienced a lot of trauma.

Thank you for faithfully praying. We appreciate it more than you know.

Blessings, Chris

Stories From The Kids

Lissienda :)

Hello,

We wanted to encourage you with a few more stories from the children who attended the Children's Summer Program.

This is Lissienda. She is 10 years old. She is in good health and is in 2nd grade. Lessienda says that she struggles in school making good grades and asks for you to pray for her. Her mother died long ago.

Lissienda came to the kids summer program at Poteau. Because of the summer program she is attending Good Shepherd Church now in Poteau. She says that she really understands God's Word in the kids program. Lissienda shared that she was so happy they prayed with her for salvation in Jesus. She thinks the bible stories are interesting and relevant. She shares them at home with others. Lissienda would like a bible. She says she loves Jesus.



And this is Jaceline. She is 11years old. Jaceline has 4 brothers and 1 sister. She is in 3rd grade. She shared that neither her mother or father are Christian.

Jaceline was also in the kids program at the Good Shepherd Church in Poteau.Two of her brothers came to the program with her. She shared, " I just accepted Jesus Christ today, because of the good story of the word of God, that they shared with us". Jaceline says that the stories are good and make sence. She loves Jesus and hopes that we have the summer program every year.

Please lift up all the children that attended the Children's Summer Program. Pray they keep attending church and continue to grow and learn. Please pray that they will share about Jesus and what they have learned with others in thier familes and community. Pray for thier protection, provision and faith. 

We really appreciate your faithful prayers and support. You are helping the next generation to experience a better life. Thank you so very much.

Blessings,
Chris

Jaceline :)