LOVE 4 THE CHILDREN

Greetings, brothers and sisters. The month May came and throughout that time we continued to visit the children at the Belynichy boarding school. There were four trips in total. In recent months, we have seen how the atmosphere in the boarding school has changed. We see how more and more educators come to our meetings. New children came to the school, they brought children who are in a socially dangerous situation. For many of them this is the first meeting with believers. We continue to talk about God’s love and bible stories help us to understand in different examples how we need to act in life. The first topic was the parable of Jesus Christ about soils. We talked about the importance of not only hearing, but also applying faith in life. When we considered the topic, everyone could see themselves. The children came up and said it’s hard for me to defend my faith, when there is someone nearby whom I respect, and I listen to him more than what I believe in. One guy said I am too busy to delve into God. I like such simple sincere answers from guys, because I see what is happening in life. Therefore, when the guys talked about their weaknesses or workload, we said let’s agree to pray that God will help you to establish yourself in faith and experience the love of God even more. The next topic was love of God, and we were talking about a woman who came to Jesus and washed his feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. In this story, the woman is opposite to the Pharisee. The story says that one can know about God and delve into God a lot, but never experience God’s love. The reason is that being a sinner this woman understood how much her life needed a change, and the Pharisee was fine with everything. The sinner loved a lot and believed that only God would help her change her life. At the end, we talked about how the year has flown by so quickly and they all have an understanding of God and we dream that they grow in the love of God and realize what Christ has done for them. Because it is very easy to be a person who has a lot of knowledge about God and the Bible, but doubts everything. God wants us to experience Him as a Father.

The next topic we talked about was the importance of friendship. We said that God can send people into our lives who will help us become better. It is very difficult to find a friend in boarding schools and many guys are often lonely even though there are many children around them. Often guys meet betrayals, because their so-called friends also have not learned to be friends. And we decided to tell them what God thinks about friendship and how to understand that someone is just trying to use you. Ivan, who is already 15 years old, said “I really want to find a friend who will not betray and will just be with me. I have often been betrayed and others used my friendship for their own benefit”.  The last topic was the great invitation. We were talking about a story where one person made a holiday and invited friends and they refused to come. In the same way, God calls people to be reconciled with Him, to come to Him. But people often reject His love and His care, and most importantly His salvation, which He offers for free. “And what will you answer to God, because He is now also calling you to reconcile with Him…” And then in personal conversations the guys said “I want to give my life to God and be with Him. I accept the invitation from God”. Dear brothers and sisters, thank you for being with us. We are happy to work together with you to spread the kingdom of God on earth among orphans.