Children Outreach/AWANA
Report 24th March 2012
The children’s outreach,
"winning children for Christ" meeting on Saturday 24th March 2012 was
a success thanks to the Lord who saw us through. The outreach was schedule for 2:00
pm. Donald Aneng one of the Team Directors of the Damas branch was in place by
12:30pm, were he prepared the Bread for Life Guest House. By 1:45 pm Enyang Martin and Venant Zagache
arrived and a short preparatory meeting with prayers was held. At 2:00pm three
children arrived and we decided to start our program with them, presenting the
New AWANA workbooks to the children we helped them write their names in their
respective workbooks. We also noticed that amongst the three children present,
one of them called Reunise had skin infection in both her feet. After inquires,
we discovered infection has been persisting for six months. Venant, a medical
personnel sent a little note to Reunise parents advising them on what to do. By the time we got the three children write
their names in their AWANA workbooks, 11 more children arrived taking the
number to 14 children with another helper Linda. We continued with the name
writing exercise and took a few pictures.
After the names were
written we introduced the first volume of the AWANA workbook to the children
and the course encouraged the children to work and study the books. We then
went outside for fun and games and to get camera shots. By the time we were
through with this another group of children arrived, taking the total number to
22. Inquiring about the others, we learned some had gone for holidays, it is
Easter break in Cameroonian schools. Some also went to farms to help their
parents and others went to attend birthday parties. Nevertheless, we thank God
that some children were present. We then took the opportunity to ask about
their studies and did a question and answer session on the Bible, with gifts to
those who answered correctly. We plan for our next Program with the kids on the
31st March 2012 and asked them what activities they would like to do. We then shared a little snack with the
children and by the end the meeting, the number of children present had gotten
to 35.
We noticed
that amongst these children, some presented cases of untreated or badly treated
sickness we notice tooth problems and untreated conjunctivitis. Added to this
we also realized that some of the children went to farms to help their parents
just to make ends meet and pay their school fees. Others came in with dirty or torn
cloths which are only covered by AWANA T shirts they wear. And yet others had
not eaten since morning and the little snacks we gave them could not satisfy
them completely. We are therefore praying to the Lord to provide for us and
also send our ways partners and donors to support the programs and provide the
basic necessities to these children so that they can have normal lives come to know the Lord and study the Bible with us. If
you are called by the Lord to partner with us or to help or support our work in
anyway, you can contact Bread For Life International on Behalf of the
children’s Outreach/AWANA program
U.S.A/Canada
P.O. Box
291307
815
Jefferson St. Suites 200
Kerrville,
TX 78029 Or
Contact:
Bread For Life International
Cameroon Branch
P.O. box 1296
Immeuble Hajal suite 602
Tel.77004257/78985480
Donald and Venant helping the children write their names in their AWANA workbooks
Closing prayer.
hope the pictures have given a little glimpse of our work
Enyang Martin Leading the Question answer session with the children.
Sharing some Snacks with the Children
