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Short Synopsis of My Experiences Traveling With By Rob Flint
It was the happiness of these children working and playing together in the heat of the day that really impressed me – in view of the reality that they have no parents to see their joy, they have been saved from a hopeless and endless cycle of poverty and all its consequences! Another long-lasting and deep impression was to accompany Sis Deb and later Sis Alison with Bro Justus to interview, film and photograph those desperately needy families applying for sponsorship. The sights and stories were really heart-rending and we certainly pray for these our brethren, sisters and interested friends and their children, that before long they will be allocated sponsors and then progress to a better and more fulfilling life in Christ. That’s what Agape in Action is all about. The nursery schools visited with a view to sponsorship were another graphic illustration of the desperate straits these children and their teachers and guardians are experiencing. The water supply in one area in the far south of the country in the Coastal Region was nothing more than a brackish, muddy, insect-ridden dam – from which 4 gallon buckets were drawn and carried, by the older children almost a kilometre to their ecclesial meeting place and cooking hut. In summary I witnessed first-hand the reality of Agape in Action’s theme of Life, Opportunity and Hope! But, above all, we earnestly pray for the coming of the Prince of Peace to rid this world of its corruption and inequality towards the vulnerable – Psa 72:1,2,12-14.
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was indeed great to be back in the midst of the brethren and sisters
and children after my first visit of November 2002. So much has
happened since then – particularly the concept and implementation
of Agape in Action. Having seen the very moving DVD produced following
Agape in Action’s first visit of May 2008, it was most impressive
to see the project in reality. Sis Irene and I have sponsored a
teenage girl, Benta, and to actually meet her was somewhat an emotional
experience – to actually greet the girl we have been sponsoring
and to see her in activity and good health. Over the period I was
up at Kamukuywa I got to know Benta better and her shyness dissipated
– so it was a rather sad departure January 24th when I needed
to return to Nairobi and thence Australia.
