Well hello all,
I am sorry once again for my lack of communication recently.
There is so much to catch up in lots of different areas of my life here. So here is a little snippet.
Street ministry:
I am so excited about street ministry. We have a great team
of students that are just wonderful with showing humility with the local
ladies, men and each other. We have had a challenging few weeks but funny
enough, it shows signs of God doing so much! God showed me a picture of the
barraca being like a sitting room. A safe place and in most family
households it is the centre part of the house. That’s where naps are taken,
hosting, conversations, eating, playing etc. We bought some wicker sofas and
mats to make it much more cosy. Since this I have noticed that we are all
becoming a little family that gather each week to have a girly time of eating
chocolate and painting our nails. We cry together and laugh together. The
little ones sit on the floor playing games, teenagers can’t stop talking and
the mamas are just putting their feet up and enjoying being pampered. In this
family we have little girls with scabies, girls who sell themselves to pay for
food for their family, teenagers who have mothers that beat them and those that
work every single day, all day to be able to eat. We are all learning to accept
each other as we all walk through the door with different stories. God is doing
so much! All He wants is for us to love. That is all He has called us to do.
Love the Lord your God and to Love your neighbour.
How am I to do this? How am I to love the pimp waiting at
the door threatening to beat the 14 year old up if she doesn’t hurry up with
getting her nails painted. And the husband that is sleeping with his child’s
schoolteacher who is also a prostitute, which leads to him giving his wife HIV?
I keep my eyes focused on Him and remember…He loves me. ME?! I am as filthy
with sin as the drunk witchdoctor that comes past and curses us. I am just as
bad. But He came and washed us all clean. He came and called us pure. Praise
Jesus for His goodness!
Baby/toddler house:
You may not have noticed yet but Christmas is just around
the corner! J
Well for us it is! When you have 180 kids to prepare for, the preparations
can’t begin early enough! We are starting to get the bags together for each
child, which I love! Christmas has always been my favourite time of year but
when I put together the gift bags for these children it make it that more
special! I love knowing the children and finding the right toy just for them! I always remember the testimony our friend H told us. One Christmas they just had a bag with
teddies in it, one for each child. God then tells her to ask one girl what she
wanted for Christmas and she says beads. H and all other visitors knew
there weren’t beads to be found. All they had was a teddy. However that little
girl put her hand in the bag to get her gift and pulled out beads. Our God
loves us so much! Nothing is too hard for Him!
Please pray for us during this time, that we manage to sort
everything we need to do so for the festive season!
Please continue to pray for street ministry, that we stay
focused on Him and don’t step a foot forward without knowing that He is leading
us there.
Please continue to pray for my health. Although I am so much
better I still have a lot of fatigue and other small symptoms. Would love to be
100% healed!
Hope you are all well! Please do keep me updated with recent
news or prayer requests. Remember you are all welcome to come visit any time
you wish!
Blessings and joy,
Ruth
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