En route to an MTC Gospel Outreach for the village children, our Malawian partner was disheartened to see a young Muslim girl working in the cornfield.
“Her mother did not approve of the Outreach. I saw Alana as I was cycling to the village. She was working in the cornfield with her mother. I stopped and asked why she, a 9-year-old girl, was working on the farm while her peers were at the Gospel Outreach. Alana said, ‘My mother says this is more important than the Outreach.’
I took her mother aside and talked with her privately about the importance of the Gospel Outreach. I explained the importance of letting the kid be a kid and letting her be with her friends. I then proceeded cycling to the school where the Outreach was taking place.
An hour later, I saw Alana coming. I welcomed her, and she joined the other children.
The next day I stopped by Alana’s home and asked her mother how the child was doing. She said Alana was doing well, and she apologized for attempting to steal her daughter’s joy. She repeatedly thanked me for encouraging her to let her daughter go to the Outreach, explaining,
‘Alana came home all bubbly and could not stop telling us stories of the singing, playing, praying, memory verses and the food. Last night Alana kept on singing the songs she learnt there.’”
Thanks to the Gospel Outreach, Alana is now connected with a local church! She’s joined the Bible Kids’ Club, where she hears the gospel regularly and can participate in ongoing discipleship. Our prayer is that Alana gives her life to Jesus, and that she will become a powerful testimony to her family and her community.
Your prayers and gifts can provide more children like Alana the opportunity to attend a Gospel Outreach and be connected with a local church.
