Prayer....

We FINALLY got some rain yesterday...Praise the Lord!!! It wasn't nearly enough, but it's a start. I feel like I'm living in the Old Testament 'cause I'm literally praying for rain....but oh, well! The leaves are starting to change just a little, so that's really pretty. I'll post some of pictures up soon, so Nanny and Papa can enjoy them!

Today's entry comes more in the form of a prayer request. Many of you know that Raun and I are leading the children's choir (4th and 5th graders) at our church. It is a lot of fun, but still a lot of hard work. We have a boy in there that is a refuge from Sudan. He's been in the U.S. about 2 years. He is so precious, but he's only 10 and has seen so much. A little of his background: he and his brothers and sisters traveled about 1200 miles or so on foot to Egypt to escape the wars in Sudan. He lost a twin brother on the journey. His dad (who was a pastor) was put into prison in Egypt. They haven't spoken to him since he was released. The dad apparently went back to Sudan when he thought it was safe so he could get the mom's sister to bring to the U.S. However, they think he might have been killed over there, since there had been so many threats on his life. He was telling my mentor all about this and she was trying to tell him that he needed to write a book, but he doesn't really know how to write in the English language. He said "I want to write a book....how do you do that?" Him and his siblings want to go back to Sudan to find their dad. The mom remarried about 1-2 years ago, but the step-father just left the mom, who is now having to work almost 24/7 to keep her family of 6 alive. So anyway, Raun is going to try to gain the boy's trust so that he might could help him in school and still acheiving those goals that his father so desperately told him that he could do. Please pray for us as we are put into this ministry so that we would know how to reach out to this boy. It's amazing where God puts us, but we definitely would love to help this boy see that Christ can help him. How wonderful it would be to see him become a Christian and give his entire life whole-heartedly to Christ!

Another prayer is for a boy in my mentor's daughter's class. He had apparently had difficulty controlling his bladder. The principal had come to talk to the class about bullying this little boy. He would go to the bathroom 5-6 times in his pants. It turns out that this boy had been so sexually abused that he couldn't help it. My heart broke for this boy. Please pray for God's protection and for removal from the person who is abusing him. Pray for the kids at school to see that you never know what another person is going through, so we shouldn't judge someone.

My heart just breaks over these two boys. I know that God has put some Christian people into both of the children's lives. I pray that they will be such a powerful testimony of God's love and faithfulness to them. Thank you for partnering with us to pray for this wonderful ministry God has called us to!