One day my friend Nilson approached me and asked for prayer for his situation. His wife left him with three children, all boys. The youngest is two years old and the oldest is 6 years old. He can’tmove properly because of arthritis and gout. His right eye is already blind and his left is starting to blurry. He owns a very small store but few items to sell.
In James 2:16 it says, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?” (NKJV) This great question struck my heart. Honestly, when Nilson asks me for prayer I never pray for him instead I pray to God and ask how I can help this person inspite of the situation I myself am in. It is very hard to pray when you know what the bible says but if you are open to the guidance of the small voice, The Holy Spirit, He will guide you in what to do as long as your heart is willing to follow and obey Jesus.
This is how I responded to Nilson’s situation. I bought an empty barrel to make charcoal and attached it to my motorcycle for the trip to where we would start the process.When I arrived we started to make the charcoal by burning coconut shell. The process must be right. If not, the product will be damaged.
After one day of preparing it, it was time to deliver the product to Nison’s place and pack the charcoal into small pieces.
While doing this packing of charcoal, my wife Nene prepared a meal, she cooked nutritious rice and fish soup. While my wife prepared the delicious food, the two children very excited and said ‚ “Wow fish‚” You can tell that they miss this kind of food, I don’t know when they last ate this kind of food but maybe you can guess through the kids reaction.
This is the fish soup that my wife prepared. We prayed together before we ate and had a wonderful time. We talked about life and how Jesus provides our needs beyond our imagination. 
After that we left.They were very happy and thankful to Our Lord Jesus Christ, not for the food but the love and care that we shared with them, showing that there are people who are sent by God to help them and encourage them to continue to live in Christ. We shared
business, we shared food but best of all we shared the gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It doesn’t require a lot of money to help the needy but it requires a lot compassion and love and God will give you wisdom to know how you can help the needy.
Please continue to pray for Nilson and his family:
1. Surgery might be able to stop the blindness in Nilson’s left eye
2. Nilson’s whole body is tormented by Satan and arthritis and yet he is still raising three children, pray for strength and patience.
3. When it rains the water floods their sleeping area, pray for the building materials needed to repair their home.
4. Raising three boys is not easy; please pray for wisdom and strength for him and good health to the whole family.
As you can see she is very thin and very weak. She is in our neighboring bed. As she struggled to survive I asked her mother if I could pray for her. Her mother is very devoted to Roman Catholic belief and she said that she prays for her daughter and I said ok. When I talked to her daughter and asked her if I could pray for her she said yes. I told her that everybody that looks at her, including myself, would think there is no cure, but I said that I could give her hope in Jesus. I¬† read some scripture about the woman who bleed for 12 years. Imagine 12 years of suffering and she desired to be healed. I said, Like you I believe that you have a desire to be healed but if there is¬† not help from Jesus you can‚Äôt be healed even if you have the best doctor. Only Jesus can heal you. So I started to read the scripture and while I read it her mother said that her hair stood on end. I believe that it’s the Holy Spirit and the power of God that was felt by the mother. I explained how to be healed. That she should have faith in Jesus like the woman who bled for 12 years. I prayed and ask her if she was willing to receive Jesus and ask forgiveness for her sin. She said yes. So Princess received salvation that night. Then she slept well.
When I was young, I asked one of the karate experts to be my mentor. He said yes and I was so happy about it.  I have a question. If somebody asks you to be their mentor, would you agree? What if they are older than you, not just five years gap? Somebody asked me if she can be my student and I her mentor. I said yes because she is willing to reach out to children. Although she is 67 years old I believe that God will use her mightily to reach children.
After the games, we proceeded to a most important part of our program, the Gospel Message. I did some gospel tricks and also a  shared a story with a life changing application.
The great thing about doing children ministry is this; the picture above is the proof that you are not just ministering to the kids but also their parents. It is a culture for us that parents will accompany their children even though they are not invited. And we cater to them also
The kids were very excited. But the excitement didn’t end there.¬† We continued with games and I joined with the kids to play.¬† During the service I saw excitement and joy as they learned about Jesus.
Similar to other groups we told them we would give away a special reward for those who memorized the Words of God. We encouraged them, because the Old Testament said that we need to teach our children about the law of God and meditate on it day and night.
My verse was found in John 1:12. I used the flaming bible illusion and emphasized where we can gain knowledge and proved that we have a right in the Kingdom of God when we accept Jesus in our Life and heart. It was a very powerful message. This was the first time that these children saw a message shared in this style.
Even a child wants to know they own something. Giving them Bibles as their own for the first time brought great joy for all of them. Some of this kids have a hard time buying their own meal. How much more difficult would it be to purchase a bible? But as we shared the Bibles with them, you could see the excitement and joy in their faces as they read the Bible. They waited and lined up to get one Bible.  Our purpose of giving the Bible, is to encourage the kids to read and memorize the books of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. In this way, they are trained on how to use the Bible. That day we gave 50 cebuano Bibles away . As of now we are planning to conduct a competition about verses and books of the Bible. Those who can memorize the books of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation will receive something special.
