An Update From the Congo

Thanks, Cal, for showing the Global Fingerprints video in worship last weekend! If your heart was moved to sponsor a child from the Congo, or simply to share the video with others, please visit http://www.GlobalFingerprints.org/.

The following is reprinted from today's Global Fingerprints Newsletter:

This month, God blessed us by having two teams from the US in Congo. We had a wonderful time visiting sponsored orphans. Today, I have an opportunity to write about a young boy whose name is Bwazu Jean, one of our sponsored orphans from Temple Evangelical Free Church in Gemena.

Bwazu comes from a big family of twelve children, and his father Etiene was working in the cotton society in Gemena. Etienne was taking care of his children but, he got sick (meningitis) and died, leaving the hard task of caring for 12 children to his wife.

Life became very difficult for Bwazu Jean and his brothers. Some were no longer attending school and feeding themselves was really difficult. Some of his sisters got married earlier than usual.

Bwazu Jean thanks God for giving him another hope in life by being sponsored by the GlobalFingerprints program. "I am so happy because I can go to school and have a uniform, and my needed school fees are being paid."

May God bless all those caring for the orphans here in Congo.

-Mandaba 

From Rachel

We continue to grow in the number of sponsored children.  We are currently sponsoring 600 orphans. This is just a beginning! The Congolese Evangelical Free Church (CECU) has 27 districts, and we have begun sponsorship in 18 ... but what we are doing is just a drop in the bucket. Continue to pray for more churches to promote GlobalFingerprints and encourage attendees to get involved.
  
In September, four container loads were finally shipped to Congo! They carry much-needed medical supplies for Tandala Hospital and the health centers. And lots of great gifts for the orphans ... like love kits, backpack kits and nice Jansport backpacks, dress kits, shoes, and Scripture cards teaching them about their Father God's love which is eternal, and purity principles from God's Word.

If you would like to participate, write to globalfingerprints@efca.org. In addition, check out the many GlobalFingerprint resources on the Web site. You can download a bulletin insert for your church and request the 4-minute GlobalFingerprints DVD for presenting in a church service or to a small group. Get involved!

GlobalFingerprints is a ministry of EFCA TouchGlobal. Visit TouchGlobal at www.touchglobal.org for information on how lives are touched and hope is found, across the country, around the world, every day.