This week I get to introduce you to one of the girls I spend a lot of my time with here in the Philippines, because she is one of the four girls I disciple at the children’s home. Meet Joan.
Joan is 11 years old and is currently in grade one at our community school, though we expect her to move up to grade two very soon. She is behind in her schoolwork because she did not attend school for many years as a child; she was supposedly “home schooled” by her step mother, though the education she received was not nearly up to par. Yet she has done very well since coming to live at NFFCH only a little over a year ago, and has done especially well in learning and speaking English.
One of the first things you might notice about Joan is that she likes to ask a lot of questions, sometimes having to do with the topic at hand, and other times it may feel like the question is coming out of left field. It seems to me that the wheels in Joan’s mind are always spinning, considering, contemplating, and figuring things out. So out of that comes a lot of questions!
Joan truly is a great girl. She is always smiling and laughing and likes to
spend as much time as possible with friends, classmates, visitors…
really just people in general! She is very poiite as well, always
saying thank you and asking permission before doing something. The past
few months she has taken up learning piano and is doing very well at
it. She also likes to play basketball, listen to music, and hang out with the other older girls.
spend as much time as possible with friends, classmates, visitors…
really just people in general! She is very poiite as well, always
saying thank you and asking permission before doing something. The past
few months she has taken up learning piano and is doing very well at
it. She also likes to play basketball, listen to music, and hang out with the other older girls.
Joan comes from an extremely complicated background; one that even I do not completely understand, yet have seen that it can often blur the lines of right vs. wrong in her mind. But as one of my main focuses of ministry, it is my prayer that Joan would be able to be healed from the hurts in her past. This is one of my greatest prayers for Joan and ask that you would join me in praying for her emotional healing, as well as a greater spiritual understanding of what it means to truly be a Christian. Please also pray for her transition into her teenage/adult years, her continuing education in the school, and for opportunities for me to share my love for Christ with her.
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