Walking With Wounded Children

Miriam and Margaret were able to attend the Petra Walking With Wounded Children Course in White River, South Africa, thanks to the assistance of Petra who sponsored the program.

The vision is to be able to offer the course to Children's Workers in Kenya and East Africa.  Miriam and Margaret are also planning to attend the tutor course in October at Petra Mountain.

The course is very practical and includes experiential learning with hurting children.  What a wonderful way to learn - when children are also being helped as part of the process. We congratulate Petra and its mentors who, with open and honest hearts, have made an impact on us which will in turn impact the children's workers and children in East Africa.

Thanks to those who assisted us to add value to our training here in Africa.

 

Allow God to use you

Miriam was privileged to attend a Sunday school retreat for her Church at Sea Breeze Resort this month.

In her message during the Sunday service, she shared about entering the presence of the Lord through prayer allowing God to use us as children’s workers to lay our hands on the children for blessings and healing.

This she passed on after the Lord spoke to her through a servant of the Lord, David Cote of Church of Living Waters.  Through him the Holy Spirit inspired her to listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit and also take opportunities to lay hands on the sick especially in ministry to Children.

Miriam has seen the need to influence leaders and children workers to emulate Jesus and learn to lay healing hands on the physically and emotionally sick in faith through gifting of the Holy Spirit. She challenged the M.P.C Children’s workers to take every opportunity in the presence of the Lord to lay healing hands on the children. As the word of God says we are priests unto God and he who began a good work in us will bring it to the finish.

It’s Miriam’s desire to give input and encouragement to the teachers and children in partnership with God.

2012 Mid-Year Report

We thank God for the privilege to become His ambassadors to the children in East Africa and beyond.

Training and Follow-up since last report

Nepal:

We are grateful that there are continuing good reports from the Sharansthan  Church in Kathmandu.  God is using Children’s ministry to grow the church there.  Regularly we see photos and obtain reports of outreaches to children in the community.  Miriam and Margaret were to return this year to do further training, but, due to changes in the Seminary, it was not possible at this stage. {please check facebook: Sharansthan Children Church}

Zambia:  Sept 2011, March  & May 2012:

We appreciate that Miriam had the opportunity to partner with Petra and Hands at Work in mentoring Hands at Work personnel in Zambia.  Through mentorship courses that Miriam has been involved in facilitating in Zambia, leaders who have now been trained to train others have gone back to their countries to do trainings on their own hence reducing the cost of training and reaching out to incredible number of children in their countries.  Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nigeria and Kenya were represented in the trainings. This has empowered Miriam to return to Kenya to impact and influence our processes of training in Kenya and beyond.  We thank Petra College(www.petra.co.za) for their continuous support in equipping and mentoring Miriam for the purpose of mentoring and training Children’s Workers to lift children to their God-given potential.

Kenya Churches:

We appreciate the relationships that God has allowed Afri-Lift to have with many and various denominations and organizations within East Africa.   We continue to train Children’s Workers from Church of Christ, Eldoret, various churches in Kitale as well as Challenge Farm staff (www.challengefarm.org)   Three pastors who are key leaders in charge of the AIC department of children’s ministry in Magumu have completed the foundation courses and are enrolled in our Tutors course in July so that they can train their own workers.

Kakuma Interdenominational Churches, both in and out of the refugee camp continue to be impacted by Petra training with Edith Kathure who has worked for many years.  There are now students there ready to join the tutors’ classes.  Also children’s workers from Mombasa where we have trained for 4 years are ready and have the potential to train others.

Around Kenya and Beyond

Follow-up trainings have been our focus for a few months to prepare teachers for Training of Trainers of Teachers this coming September.  This is an exciting time for the team with training in Magumu, near Naivasha, Mlolongo, near Nairobi, as well as Changamwe in Mombasa.  We have also been to Satellite in Nairobi and Bomani on the Kenyan coast.  God is using the trainees to bring Christ to the children in their districts and churches.  It is a thrill for us to hear things from the trainees like 'I was almost to stop teaching the children ...but now I will start building friendship with the children - that is a new thing to me. I thank you and my God - it is my prayer to come another day.'  Others say: 'I think it would be better to get more teaching from you,'  and 'I must also got to my village to meet the need of the children and stand for them.' Yet another says 'please add more days for training.' And we will - it is our plan to return to give more skills to these teachers who are so willing to learn and make a difference in the lives of children.

Currently Miriam is heading a Trainer of Trainers program in Zambia.  What an amazing trainer I work with.  I have learned so much.
Margaret