Families at Nation to Nation
Monthly family sac deliveries come with a personal visit. Each family is precious to us and to God as they face intense livelihood challenges with almost no access to resources.
Here are three stories of hope our team shared from their family visits:
The One who loves you
"One month we stopped at a bamboo house with a sewn-leaf roof. A family of four sat on the floor waiting for our visit where we would sing, encourage, share the gospel, and pray for them. There was a new baby boy in the family with a disease. The family was very poor and felt that no one loved or cared about them.
While we were singing, the boy's mother was filled with tears because the lyrics said, 'If you feel that no one loves you, remember that there is One who always loves and cares for you. His name is the Good Shepherd.'"
We are your grandchildren
"We visit a grandma once a month. She is almost 100 years old. She cannot walk, and her eyes are weak. During one visit, she was very sad. She told me her grandson is moving far away.
She said, 'I am so tired of this long life.' My heart broke when I heard this. I held her and said, 'No. We are your grandchildren, and we are so happy to see you every month. We love you so much. We always pray for you, and the Father is always close to you.'
Suddenly, her face changed. A bright, happy smile appeared. She gave me a big hug and kissed both of my cheeks."
Rebuilding together
"One day, we got a call to respond to a family whose house just burned down. We were able to provide them the same day with the basic essentials for cooking and eating. They were thrilled with the things we gave them because it allowed them to begin to rebuild.
As we met with them, the wife and the children, we asked if we could pray for them, and the wife said yes, not knowing anything really about Jesus. We gave her a New Testament and she was just so thrilled and thankful. We visited them a couple of weeks later and offered to help rebuild their house. Less than three months later, I'm happy to say their house is fully rebuilt and they are getting up on their feet again, mostly able to do things on their own. We still visit once a month or so with a bag of rice and a family sac and we're just thankful that we can respond to crisis situations with hope and with practical aid."
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