http://youtu.be/CMq6FfqDJ20 - Greater things - Chris Tomlin
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| This one of the many photos taken by Michael and Zach of Lost Orphans on their visit to Happy Choice in August. Not all of the children in this photo live in the hostel; some are from the village. But all of them have experienced the love and compassion that Oscar and Emma have for the homeless, orphaned and abandoned. Timoland who has now graduated from secondary school, is the young man holding the little baby. Timoland has been an amazing role model for the other children and is now making plans to go on to study at Unversity level He wants to be a doctor. I believe that just might happen. |
I just had to share this message that I received from my dear friend, Oscar.
He and his wife, Emma, are two of the most amazing people I know. I've shared with you before how much I've learned about real faith from this couple. They care for not only their own three young children, Bonny,
Bobby and baby Carol, but for the 12 children God has placed in their care AND many, many children in their village who are living with an elderly grandparent/guardian, or a sick parent who cannot provide much other than a place to sleep at night. Oscar does his best to provide food and love to every homeless and abandoned child he meets.
I hope his email will give you just a glimpse into the heart of the godly man. Please pray for this little orphan ministry - Happy Choice - Kenya. Please pray for every ministry that reaches out to the homeless and abandoned children throughout the world.
James 1:27 HCSB
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
from my dear son in the faith, Oscar Odhiambo Nyangwesoh...
Praise God Mom,
I was so impressed to hear from you and i was so impressed with concern about these children ,how they interact with each other and worried about how they live.
First and foremost i thank God for the great wisdom he has given me in dealing with the people around me specifically the children He has blessed me with.
These children are from different family backgrounds and with different characters but God is great.Mom,being a parent or guardian is awesome responsibility .That is why God has provided clear instructions to help us to the job.We should ,Teach ,discipline ,love them so that we shall bring blessing upon our children ,so that they grow up to be a blessing to others and honor to the Lord.Any child raised up under this foundation is difficult to ashamed his or her parents even the people around him or her .This child grows up well disciplined and well behaved and such a child becomes careful to other influences and outside social pressures.
As a parent or a guardian we should see our families as God's establishments,our families should belong to God,He created it and He determines its inner structure .He also appointed for it its purpose and goal. Psalm 127:1.
Thus it is not our house but His,not our home but His home and even the children are not ours but His.
Families that cast their worries on Jesus will not have to think up clever ways to witness .God makes them His witness ,by letting them experience His fatherly care..I have been putting God first in our home ,it has created an atmosphere in which Jesus feels at home ,the holy spirit is then able to do his work of teaching and leading us into the kind of family life for which God created us ,a family where husband and wife show mutual love and respect and even the children are forced to follow the same.What the world needs today for the future of good children are not words merely,but a lived-out examples of good family life.The authority of the parents is not their own but God given .
God has really helped me with the children He has given me both inside the centre and children living outside.
I do engage the children accordingly,i set them to be free with Emma and i and i spare some time with them .Whenever we get some money i would take one or two out so that i talk to them freely and i advice them accordingly.The only important thing is to welcome Jesus dwelling in our families then He will take charge and full control.
We do have a routine how we do our work and mostly during the holidays and weekends.
I engage them in helping Emma and even i engage them in my activities.
Starting from rabbit keeping ,cleaning of the compound ,cleaning of the hostel and washrooms these has a purpose for rightful growth of these children and God has really blessed me and He is a faithful God,any child under my care has never deviated to a wrong path ,very good example now is Timoland ,this boy makes us proud and if all children could be like him then all parents would happy world wide.There are many children from rich families who have all they need but they become a bother to the parents and even the community and even some end up not even completing primary education or secondary education .But look now Maurice has completed his primary education without disturbing us the same way to Timoland ,he has been in school for over 10Yrs under my care without giving us any problem.Remember Jesus lives and works in the life of an obedient child .An obedient child is therefore a happy child .Before Timoland went back to school for his last exams he introduced to us two prayers items one Prayers for the family both near and far ,prayer of faith where by we do pray and asking God for the things we need urgently and desparately in our home.He is one boy who will makes us happy and we are praying that God is going to use him and all other children are going to follow his foot steps ,recently we were so happy to hear Bobby and Bonny each telling us after our night prayers that they want to be like Timoland.
We live in a time where we need the presence of Jesus in families ,His presence is very important,surpassingly important .We live in an age when a thousand things beckon for the ears and minds of our children .It is not enough to teach them a few rote of prayers .It is not enough to teach them a code of ethics .Our homes must be so filled with the presence of Jesus that they encounter Him at every turn,come to know Him and love Him as effortlessly as they come to know their parents or guardians.In such a setting ,Jesus can engage their loyalty and fire their imagination .And this is the only antidote to the powers of darkness and corruption which are loose in the World today.The time is past when parents or guardians or caretakers can give their children a pleasant surface-coating of religion .Our children are either going to be filled with Jesus and exited about Him,or filled with sin and excited about it.All that we can bring our children will be worthless unless we can bring them Jesus ,stop worrying because Jesus is above all our worries ,He above any wisdom any one can acquire best to make our children succeed in life.He is above any parent or guardian .
Yes i do accept that children can misbehave but when Jesus is control Mom,nothing should worry us the only thing to ask Him is to be given wisdom for handling our children,wisdom for handling our families .
The only thing am praying for is the provision of different buildings for these children in future ,a different place for girls and boys.once the compound will be fenced this will give us easy time of controlling and knowing those coming inside our centre.
There are things which when we will get will give us easy time of making our children grow up God fearing and future leaders.
Timoland has finished his secondary education now ,he is to proceed on .Whether he will get college around or out side Kisumu ,we wont mind as per the will of God.We have been praying for you and Lost Orphans fund raiser ,we serve a living and able God.
Thanks and be blessed.
Son,
Oscar.
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Holy Father, thank You sending Oscar and Emma into my life. Thank You for the blessing they are to me. Thank You for allowing me to witness their amazing faith, and Your amazing Faithfulness. I'm humbled by such devotion and long to have Oscar's kind of compassion and love towards others. He truly has a faith that will not let him go. I'm so blessed to know him. Father, please continue to show Yourself mighty in this little ministry. You have been and will continue to be their Protector, Provider, Comforter and loving Father. Please bless them with every thing they need. Father, I specifically ask that You would make a way for Timoland to achieve his dream of becoming a doctor. I know he'll make You and all of us so proud.
Thank You for his godly influence on the other children. Please keep this little family of kids connected forever through the bond of love. In Jesus' Precious Name I pray. Amen.
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