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.