Below
is an email that my friends Julie and Dan DeYoung and their Bible Study Group received
from the young gal from Africa that they sponsor. I think it tells her story very well!!!
“Hello Mum Julie and Dad
Dan, I cannot stop thanking for all the good things you have done, you have
rely made a big difference in my life with in these few days you have known me,
am so grateful to God above who enabled me to see you, you have really brought
back the smile that i had lost many years back, i cannot imagine that I eat
food everyday ever since i got to know you, at times i feel like am dreaming
yet it is a reality. i rely feel i belong somewhere and i have people who care.
i
told my grandmother about you and she is so grateful to you for all the help
you are giving us. thank you so much mum and dad and the bible group members.
you have rely brought me back to a normal life without being chased out of the
house and spending days without food. May God bless you all for
everything mum.”
This young gal grew up in an
orphanage. A woman, who became like a
grandmother to her, has been her guardian. She picked her up off the streets when she was
just nine years old. The grandmother is Masitula and is over 90 years old, sick
a lot and cannot do much for herself, so this young gal looks after her,
provides for her a place to live, supplies food, pays the rent, and attends
school full time. She is in her 2nd
semester in her 1st year of college, majoring in business
administration. A woman by the name of
Aunt Grace had been sponsoring this young gal, but unfortunately she passed
away in December 2011, leaving our young friend in a desperate situation. I met her when I was in Uganda on my mission
trip last year and really felt a bond with her.
When I learned of her plight in May 2012, I felt like we needed to try
to do something to help her. I contacted
Julie and Dan to see if they and their Bible Study Group or friends might be
willing to help her and sponsor her. There has been much fruit born from it as
it has changed Julie & Dan’s life in that they have gained a daughter and
are helping make a difference, as well as changing the destiny and future of
this young gal, who now calls them mum and dad!!! Everyone is a winner in a situation like
this!!!!!!!!
As we can see from this testimony,
all it takes is someone who willing and available to answer the call by stepping
up to the plate and saying YES to
the Lord by helping someone in need. Won’t
you reach out and make a difference today?
God is calling each and every one of us to lay down our lives for His
sake and for the sake of the poor and needy!!!!
If you would be willing to help
someone in need, please feel free to contact me at fortheluvofafrica@gmail.com. Please type the gmail
address into your email browser.
His servant
Mary
