Friday, August 25, 2006

 

DAY #25 - MADONSA CAREPOINT



Pray for the children at this CarePoint in the Manzini area. Patrick Conti wrote this about a little girl he met one afternoon at this CarePoint: “She looked like a skeleton. Her eyes told the story of a hard 16 years even though her physical characteristics looked more like a 9 year old. She’s had diarrhea for as long as she can remember - which is usually a sign of full blown AIDS. Can we help this girl? If I go with percentages, its most likely she won’t make it another year...

I can’t go with percentages, we can’t turn a blind eye, we can’t turn from her because we want to protect our hearts from pain...from what seems like a certainty for her, death...we can’t turn and do nothing. I don’t know how this story plays out, but I know we will pray for this girl, love this girl, and help this girl as much as we can. I also know that when Charles & I were playing with the children she was in there with the rest of them. God allowed us to see her smile, to see her laugh and play without the weight of life on her shoulders. What a privilege it was to give this girl a day of good memories, of joy, of hope. Please pray that we can get the assistance this girl needs. HIV is horrible, I hate it...but I gotta stay in this fight, I got to keep on loving, I got to show people hope & love...I got to help train a new generation how to live the right way, a way that leads to abundant life, that avoids HIV/AIDS.”


Today we are incredibly blessed to have leading us in prayer the children's pastor from Healing Place Church who has been to Africa several times to work with these children - Sherrie May.



Thank you for praying with us for this little girl - and for hundreds - thousands more like her that we are reaching out to through the CarePoints in southern Africa.

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