Lola Leta's final blog

Hi everyone,

- thank you Zac for your message - it was good to hear from you - but so sorry to hear you had to go to school in the snow and Michael didn't!! Life is so unfair!

Thank you Inge for your verse of scripture, and thasnk you all for your thoughts and words of encouragement

Well, yesterday morning Jen, Mela, Mark(H) and I went back to the 'prison' where we met with 21 boys between 14 and 19. They came in after their lunch and we sang Our God is a Great Big God with actions ten times!! It's a good slimming exercise you should try it!
Then Mark told the story of the Prodigal Son/LOving Father while Wilmer from the home translated - they were a really good double act and the boys seemed to enjoy it.
For the next part, we divided into two groups and Jen and Mela and myself had the wonderful privilege of praying with each boy seperately - sometimes Mela translated what Jen and I prayed , but sometimes she didn't but then it didn't matter, because these boys knew we were there for them and that God was there in our midst and at that moment that was their special time for meeting with GOd. There were a mixture of emotions and feelings flying around from the boys being frightened, sad, worried about their family back home. Some of the boys only had an elderly grandparent who cared about them and maybe visited now and again and some had no-one at all. SOme of the lads had been in a month, some 6 months, some a year, and someone had been detained for 4years and none of these cases had still not been heard!!!! WE shed a few tears that morning I can tell you. There was a feeling of despair amongst the boys
THere's lovely old hymn called
Brother, let me be your servant
Let me be as Christ to you

And that is, I believe, what we are doing, being as Christ to those who need a touch of His love
And we leave the rest to God now and trust He will water the seed that has been sown in that place and believe that Light of Christ will bring hope to those who hsve lost all hope. There are a lovelt couple of young people from Denmark who are staying in Manila after we have returned to the UK and they will be going into the prison and carrying on where we have left off and help establish a weekly meeting for prayer etc>>>> WONDERFUL!!!

God always provides his people to carry on His work...

This morning went out with one of the street evengelists and met a families living in a container parked by the side of the road. The mother was washing her 4 week old baby form a bucket of water and laid him on a towel on the pavement!! She was so tender with him.....it was really moving.
Another young mother told me whe wantesd to come to England
I said (politely) "Don't bother, because there is no work and no money, and you have all the love you need here in your container lorry home!! She said that the sides of the container got so hot in the day time you could put your bread on the walls of the container and it would turn into toast!! In all their poverty, they still maintain a lovely sense of humour. The people from the Kanlungan homes are going to establish a link with them so they will not be without hope!
I feel really chuffed that I have blogged for the first time ever, with encouragement, I have to add , getting their slowly!! not quite into illustrating yet....maybe another time. This had been such an amazing time in every way - I don't think any of us can return the same as when we came out, and that is how it should be. So much food for thought I shall be chewing and digesting for monthts. Thanks again for all your prayerful support and wonderful comments GOd bless you Leta