LOVE 4 THE CHILDREN

Greetings, brothers and sisters. Thank God for the whole school year. We are completing the ministry in the academic year. This year has been interesting, we have seen how children change and their lives are transformed. It’s nice to realize that thanks to weekly trips, children are increasingly interested in the personality of God, and the biblical heroes have become not only a good example, but also a huge encouragement. As Lesha said, God has everything under control.

This month we noticed that the children at the Vileika boarding school enthusiastically read the Bible and after reading ask us questions. They are very interested to know why God did this to Moses, Joseph and other people whose stories are described in the word of God. Sasha, 11 years old, came up to me and said that he likes to read about God and learn about him every day, and when he grows up and gets married, he wants his wife to love God too, and he will read the Bible to his children. Listening to such testimonies of children, we rejoice that the Lord has opened their hearts to the truth and they will not live in the slavery of this world.

One of the topics of the Bible lesson was about our love for God and how we could express it. Children already know how much God loves and cares for them, but they have not often heard about how we love Him. They were surprised that when we share something with other people, it is also a manifestation of love for Heavenly Father, and while singing they tried to sing more beautifully, realizing that they are singing for God.

On the last Friday of May, we invited our friends to the Christian theater. We warned the guys that our friends would come with us and show a performance. The hall gathered quickly and everyone froze in anticipation. The performance was called “Paints”. It all started with the creation that God created the world and out of His great love God created a human friend with whom He wanted to spend time. It is important for God to communicate with us. The palette of colors is different, but they all spoke about the qualities of God. There was one black color in the palette of colors, and this color indicated that sin had come into the world. The disobedience of one person led all the inhabitants of the earth to separate man from God. To the question: guys, what to do, if a gap has formed between us and God, who can help us? The guys started shouting loudly, our hope is Jesus, He reconciled all people with God.

Watching the teachers, they asked from where do you know this, and the children told teachers that all this was told us at Friday meetings. I was so glad that children do not just come to meetings with us, they learn a close relationship with God. And it’s nice to see the guys how in moments they say that they are asking God and how He responds. The performance continued, and the hero continued to say and show that despite the fact that sin steals close relationship with God, God had a plan to save people. This is Jesus Christ. God never leaves a person in trouble. The hall came to life even more because these words revived and strengthened faith. Thank God that we have an defender and a conciliator. After the performance, Lyuba, who is 10 years old, said I am so glad that we have a reconciler, Jesus. But before everyone left, we blessed the guys and prayed that God would keep and protect them in the summer when they would be in the camps. The children asked to pray that God would arrange a speedy recovery in their families, and that their grandmothers or close relatives would take them away as soon as possible. Friends, I thank God that together with you and your prayers we were able to cover the entire academic year. Be blessed.