MARCH 2002
March, 2002 Greetings from Vietnam, I just finished reading in Mark 10. (Mark 10:21 NKJV): "Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, 'One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.'" First, Jesus looked at him, even as He looks at us. We often mess up, but He sees our heart. Second, Jesus loved him. In that same way he loves us and sees our needs. Third, Jesus told him what he needed to do. What is He telling us to do? I want to share with you about a little girl called Anh. Anh does not know how to cry, but I am shedding many tears for her. Anh's mother came to the Street Children Program House for Family #2 about 10 years ago. She was a street beggar and was pregnant. She gave birth to Anh and when she was able she took Anh and left. About 5 years ago she returned and left Anh at the home of Family #2 where she remains today. Anh has no social skills to this day. The school refused to take her. She is struck many times a day by the adults in the house to correct her bad behavior, as well as by the other children. The children in this house are good children, but Anh brings out the worst in everyone. A week ago I began to ask God to pour out his Love on Anh and to use me. She talks poor Vietnamese and often others can't understand her. I cannot speak her language and she does not speak mine, but in only a few days she began to respond to the love and help I have given her. She still gets hit, but I have explained to some of the older children that 5 years of hitting have not yet changed her, and likely never will.
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