A Sea of Brown Faces

I was standing in front of a sea of little brown faces at a children’s crusade in Uganda, Africa. The mission’s team and I were ending the evening with a prayer line. We asked the children who wanted prayer to come forward and at first only a few brave ones came, not sure what to expect. As they received prayer, the other children were encouraged and soon all 300 hundred of them were in the prayer lines waiting patiently.

I had no interpreter but it didn’t matter, I just wanted to lay my hands on these kids and bless them. Their needs were so great and my physical resources were so small but my spiritual resources through my Great God were not small but plentiful and powerful.

I had been praying for a way to help these kids. I was already sponsoring an entire family monthly. I had come from America at my own expense to see them. I was a member of the FOT Board and an active volunteer. The only thing I had left of any value was prayer.

What I really wanted to do was pack them all in my suitcase and take them home with me. Instead, I laid my hands on each precious one and prayed an Abrahamic blessing over them. I prayed for what I knew they needed like food, clothing, medical care, education, then I prayed for their family, and then their future.

When I finished each prayer they would bow their heads or curtsy in respect to me and walk away. I was surprised to see them go to the next prayer line and then the next. I smiled as I realized, they wanted all God had for them and wound up being prayed for a dozen times each.

If you could see their beautiful faces so full of hope and curiosity, if you could know each of their stories and the things they had already survived, if you could only meet them, you would love them and do everything in your power to help nurture and protect them.

Please consider making a monthly donation of any amount. $35.00 a month will sponsor a child but even $10.00 a month will go a long way to feed, clothe and educate these precious children. See our website at http://www.friendsoftouch.org/ for more information.

Thank you,
Denise Ouellette
Vice President, FOT, Inc.

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