As we (the DTS team) were in a church in the community Cafezal, the pastor invited us to pray for the person next to us. With my husband we turned to a girl who was 7 years old and asked her if she wanted to pray. She asked us to pray for her father.
At the end of the prayer, I could see all the heaviness on her shoulders. I don’t know what had happened to her father, but I know that the weight I could feel on this little girl was really too heavy for her age. And I realized once again how the needs and the distress are big in this community.
Who is going to help this girl and the others in their daily life?
Who is going to help this girl and the others in their daily life?
The work and the activities for children, teenagers and adults at the Lighthouse Community Center brings a true support and comfort to the community.
I really enjoyed participating in the Saturday programs organized for the children (ages 5 to 11), which were run by the Lighthouse and a local church from here in Belo Horizonte.
The program consisted of the following: the children participated in 3 different activities, each activity lasting 40 minutes (skating, arts and crafts, circus activities, games, etc.). We also spent 30 minutes of the program sharing the gospel. What a joy to see that these children can have fun in security and forget for a moment their difficulties.
Another great moment during this time of outreach was the parents’ day that we organized. With 70 invitations, only 3 parents came, showing the reality of parent’s absence, especially the fathers, in the lives of their children. But what a joy to see the pride in the eyes of a teenager who could bring his father. What a joy to see these parents playing with their children. And, who knows, perhaps one day it will become normal in the community Cafezal?
Written by Rachel from Switzerland. Rachel and her husband are participating in the 2012 YWAM Belo Horizonte DTS.
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