Hi Everyone,From the moment we set foot on Nigerian soil, there have been children all around us. For some of the littlest ones, they have cried when they first saw us because they had never seen a baturi (white person) before.
But for most of the children, there have been nothing but shy smiles, giggles and always a desire to hold your hand, pull the hairs on your arms and to just love on you! Children are so precious with their unconditional love for you. They have no expectations of you - they just want to be with you. In the states, children are told (and justifiably so) to not talk to strangers and to be careful to who you talk to. Not so - in Nigeria. They rush up to you and want to swing from your hands and to just walk along the road with you. We're going to miss that. We're going to miss these children; raw clay just waiting to be molded by the Father into His unique creation for each of them.
Please pray for more workers to come to Nigeria so that these children and hundreds just like them can learn more about God's perfect plans for them. Please pray for hearts to be broken for the lost in Nigeria and for each of us to be used by God and not to settle for "safe."
"Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world."
In-joy,
Eileen and Crist
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