An up and down week for MEFI work. Some older faces came back from over a year ago who had left the streets but 1 was banned after not respecting the rules. Always sad but necessary when it happens. On a more positive note we have had some very positive responses from those who want to continue on with discipleship next week. Andrew has the lists of kids to go through and get some statistics. Sorry we don't have them for this week.
At the church service we had 21 people including the team itself. What a joy to have 4 parents of kids from the bible club, 5 kids themselves that Paty and Andrew looked after and another new person invited by a regular. The team are very encouraged and are planning for the next 'year'. They are more determined than ever that "The ministry has a church and the church has a ministry". What they mean by that is they can more than ever have a place for street kids to go to that will welcome them and love them and provide the family of God for them that they need. Apart from that they can involve more and more from the church in the ministry as it grows. The team sees the two works going hand in hand. Also it helps the team to use the church services as another point of contact with the kids during the week. There will be two days with the kids this week as the team will have to attend the UNIFAM national assembly on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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