How vitally important it is for the children to be properly trained. Many parents are lost to HIV, malaria and other illnesses. These children need a home, clothes, food and education. Cost for a child in the orphanage is $1.00 per day. Cost for the school is $10.00 per child per month.
"The Lord has appointed the youth to be His helping hand. With such an army of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour might be carried to the whole world! We have an army of youth today who can do much if they are properly directed and encouraged. We want our children to believe the truth. We want them to be blessed of God. We want them to act a part in well-organized plans for helping other youth. Let all be so trained that they may rightly represent the truth, giving the reason of the hope that is within them, and honoring God in any branch of the work where they are qualified to labor. " {ChS 30}
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Did you know that 6000 children every day, are made orphans by AIDS/HIV. This is around the world, not just in Africa, but, the majority are in Africa. Many others are orphans due to malaria, typhoid fever, and other illnesses and accidents. When we travel, there are children begging in the streets. There are filthy, hungry children going through the garbage beside the road. It is a heart breaking site.
Children beside the road.
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At present, we are assisting 3 orphanages with books, clothing, food, and beds for the children. We have also built classrooms and purchased chairs for the children. More are desperately seeking assistance, but we lack the funds to help. These orphanages also have some children that still have one parent or other family members, that attend the school. We need additional buildings for sleeping, classrooms and kitchen. This will cost approximately $10000.00 for each orphanage. Please consider this tremendous opportunity to train these children so that God can use them in the final hour.
This school is made of mud and sticks. The roof leaks and there is not enough room for the children. Through donations, a block classroom is in progress.
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This is the "Pineapple School" in progress. They also have 30+ orphans, with no place to sleep. When the classrooms are completed, we hope to begin construction on a dormitory room for the children to sleep in.
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Some donors contributed "Bible Story Book" and "felt sets" for the orphans. The children are thrilled to see pictures that make the Bible stories much more real to them. One teacher at the school in South C, said that the Muslim children are asking to come to school, just because they want to see the pictures and hear the Bible stories.
"When heavenly intelligences see that men are no longer permitted to present the truth, the Spirit of God will come upon the children, and they will do a work in the proclamation of the truth which the older workers cannot do because their way will be hedged up. In the closing scenes of this earth's history many of these children and youth will astonish people by their witness to the truth, which will be borne in simplicity, yet with spirit and power. They have been taught the fear of the Lord, and their hearts have been softened by a careful and prayerful study of the Bible. In the near future many children will be endued with the Spirit of God and will do a work in proclaiming the truth to the world that at that time cannot well be done by the older members of the church. Our church schools are ordained by God to prepare the children for this great work. Here children are to be instructed in the special truths for this time and in practical missionary work. They are to enlist in the army of workers to help the sick and the suffering... Let the children be educated and trained to do service for God." {AH 489}
The children also memorize Bible texts. One child will give the text, then the children repeat the verse. They repeated the books of the Bible, and the Ten Commandments. Our hearts were touched with their desire to learn.
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