a new kind of outreach

Yesterday a team of young people, adults, and children from Hatfield Christian Church converged on Berakah for a unique ministry outing.

The outreach, led by a team from Hatfield and Chandra, empowered Berakah's staff by asking each staff member to prayerfully select one family from the school to receive a home visit from the members of the outreach team. The staff members facilitated communication and prayer by interpreting and helping conversation along when necessary.

Not wanting to visit empty-handed, each small team (2 or 3 guests) brought a small bag of food to the Berakah staff member's home, which they visited first, and another to the home of the family, which they visited together with the Berakah staff member

What an opportunity for Berakah's staff! At least two individuals were led to Christ for the first time yesterday--individuals who were visited because one of Berakah's staff prayed and heard from the Lord to choose that particular family.

Our heart is to empower leaders, and we trust that each of Berakah's faculty will grow in confidence as someone who hears from God and is able to minister to his or her community because of what the Lord did through them yesterday. Will you trust the Lord with us?

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an observation from Russell

Russell took note when one of Berakah's teachers retrieved her Bible during a home visit. "She held onto her Bible like it was the only thing she had. Even though it had no cover and the pages were torn and folded. It just makes you think how some of us don't even acknowledge our Bibles."