The ups and downs of EAB's Action Child Schools programme stared us in the face today as we worked through reports about each pupil spread around our schools. On the one hand we saw the trajectory of a little skinny poor lad born out in the sticks in the middle of nowhere, who ended up graduating from Bible College with a degree in theology and is at this time leading an EAB church plant.
On the other had we came across reports like - "moved in with her boyfriend at 13 and won't listen to anybody". Or - "her Mum was murdered in front of her because of her brothers drug debt". Or - "Her Dad's in jail, her Mum's gone off with someone else, her brothers are hooked on drugs and her sister is a prostitute. Now she's disappeared and EAB's UK office is crying out for her half-yearly letter and photo for her sponsor"!
We value your prayers for Action Child. It's not easy and it doesn't always go according to the script! Please pray for EAB's UK Action Child Coordinator Pauline Pennels and her husband Adrian as they handle reports and communications with sponsors in Europe. Their email addresses for further information are: papenn3557@hotmail.com / adypenn3557@hotmail.com
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