The children at Mityana Orphanage have been blessed these past two years through many gifts which have improved their living conditions—a renovated kitchen, new mattresses, sheets, blankets, clothes for all , and most recently the wonderful new dining hall/pavilion with tables, benches, new plates and cups. Surely ,they have Freely Received!
What a thrill in early August–the very day we had our first meal in the new dining hall—to watch 10 of the children go to Freely Give to an elderly man who lives alone in a mud hut a short distance from the orphanage. Besides his pitiful living conditions, the man was suffering with an infestation of jiggers in his legs and an open wound on the side of his foot.
During Sunday school that day we talked about being Lights, representing Christ, actually being the Church. We read Jesus’ words in Matthew 25:31-46—“For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited Me in; naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.” Immediately following the lesson we left the orphanage to put into practice what we had been learning.
Watching these children serve this man by washing his feet, bandaging his wounds, cleaning his house, and taking care of his needs, blessed me and them in a way I will not soon forget.
What a thrill in early August–the very day we had our first meal in the new dining hall—to watch 10 of the children go to Freely Give to an elderly man who lives alone in a mud hut a short distance from the orphanage. Besides his pitiful living conditions, the man was suffering with an infestation of jiggers in his legs and an open wound on the side of his foot.
During Sunday school that day we talked about being Lights, representing Christ, actually being the Church. We read Jesus’ words in Matthew 25:31-46—“For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited Me in; naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.” Immediately following the lesson we left the orphanage to put into practice what we had been learning.
Watching these children serve this man by washing his feet, bandaging his wounds, cleaning his house, and taking care of his needs, blessed me and them in a way I will not soon forget.