Dave and Karl: Anurag
Day 3
The day started with a visit to the home of one of the
staff members at Anurag who was also the first student about 25 years ago. She and her younger sister lost their mother
when they were very young and were cared for by Anurag and were provided
a meal, education, and the word of God. Overtime,
they began praying to Jesus for basic needs and saw those prayers answered. This lead to them accepting Christ, completing their education,
and then becoming staff members at Anurag.
Later in the day we were able to spend time in the class
room with the kids. George jumped in and helped teach an English lesson
and had the kids captivated. With the
help of a translator, Andrea read a story to the children about Daniel and the Lions’
Den. After the story, we all pitched in an
helped the kids put together a colorful craft.
The energy in the room was just
awesome. The kids seemed to have so much
fun interacting with us and many wanted us to take pictures of them with their creations
afterwards. They love selfies…
Our devotion today was from Isaiah 61: 1-3.
The
Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring
good news to the poor. He has sent me to
comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and
prisoners will be freed. He has sent me
to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with
it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a
crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive
praise instead of despair. In their
righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own
glory.
There are many parallels that can be drawn between this
passage of scripture and what is taking place in the hearts of the kids and
people that are being touched by the work that is going on here through Anurag. We pray that you can begin to get begin glimpse
of that through some of the words and pictures posted here.
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