A Heart for Africa

(Written a while back.)
For the past few days I have been watching videos and looking through pictures of African children. Children in the Kibera slums o Nairobi, Kenya having AWANA. Amazing the number of children that come to hear the word of God and play AWANA games. Then there are pictures of children in Tanzania and Ugand.
I’be been asked to pray for the children of Tanzania as well as all of Africa. It’s awesome to see God working throughout the continent.
Why is my heart being gripped by the children of Africa? What is it about these ids that has such a strong pull?
I think the first country I felt drawn to was Sudan. It was when I heard someone from Voice of the Martyrs speak on the persecuted church in that country. I’ve never had a particular country that I felt I was solely interested in.
When working with AWANA, we adopted a club in Zimbabwe. We corresponded with the AWANA missionary over the years and talked over the phone when he was in the states. We finally got to meet him this year when he stayed with us for a week. He is now Director of AWANA for the entire continent of Africa. (I blogged his visit several months ago.)