Bible Faith (Orphanage) Outreach Ministry Nov 2009 News
By Aunty Rosa
“Praise God from whom all Blessings flow”
“As you do not know what is the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child. So you do not know the works of God who makes everything. In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whatever both alike will be good.” (Ecc 11:5-6 NKJV)
1. Elen a deserted child with her wantok, a baby girl
November was another special month for BFO with significant events! Firstly, the Ministry was introduced to the outside world through a young Australian man, Matthew Preece, who works as an engineer with MAF PNG Engineering Dept. He volunteered to assist BFO by publishing its news on his website. Thankyou Matt.
Praise Points
1. Praise God for new friends praying for us all around the world by learning about us from Matt’s website. The children can now define good from evil, respect rather than being rude and sharing together with obedience rather than being selfish and disobedient. They are so eager to learn and go to school, but we will have to wait for God’s perfect timing in providing land for building houses for them to sleep in and to build a learning centre.
2. 9/11 God answered our eight month prayer for sewing machines due to the 25 rolls of fabric material donated by one MAF family. A young Christian mother who was a former youth member of my local church donated one sewing machine and the other was donated by my family members.
2. Uncle Jiwa, Aunty Rosa, Sarah & Eli with new sewing machines and clothing already produced
3. 21-28/11 Praise God for community support! My church woman’s group invited the widows, deserted and sexually abused women, HIV victims and mothers along to their “End of the year party”. Three of the HIV ladies were convicted of their sad and worthless lifestyles and decided to surrender their lives with their children to God. It was an emotional time as they testified of the true love of Christ demonstrated by BFO. More are likely to join the outreach.
4. 30/11 It was interesting to see the community coming together to hear educational talks of how to respect each other, from a child to an adult. The gathering was due to an incident a few days earlier when a drunkard visitor threw an empty bottle onto a bystander. Consequently his front three teeth fell out. This occurrence was a good illustration of a poor attitude to use as a demonstration. Because I knew the injured, the message was spread to the whole community of forgiveness and no retaliation. We helped the victim with medical expenses. Those who know PNG know of the “pay back” system and huge compensation demands. For them witnessing this event was weird, but as Christians we know this is God moving in situations to fulfill His purpose to save mankind. As a result, the victim gave his whole life to Jesus after a month of the incident. Now he is a Christian. The neighbours decided to come to church too, after realising the forgiveness, but no commitment yet made to follow Jesus. Four more new children were added to our group, now our number has increased to 160.
