We go into the slum of Kawangware doing evangelism every Tuesday. Kawangware is the second largest slum in Nairobi, with an estimated 700,000 people living within the slum. Some Tuesdays we will see the homeless street children that are considered, by society's standards, to be the lowest of the low. They all continuously get high on glue and steal to survive. Even the people that live in the slums will not pay any attention to them. Chris, along with the staff we work with in the slum, thought it would be great to reach out to them, so today was our first attempt.
Some of the children were as young as around 7 to 8 years of age. As I shared with them on the love of God for them and on His promise of Him being a Father to the fatherless, most of them were so high that they couldn't even listen. 
However, there were 10 who gave their lives to Christ. Even though this was somewhat of a hard beginning, we are not discouraged. God has given us His heart for them. We just really need wisdom on the best way to go forward to minister to these boys. After sharing with them on the love of God for them, we then invited all 46 of them to come back to the center where the bible school is for chai (Kenyan tea) and mendazis (Kenyan pastry/food). Chris, and the rest of us, are talking about ways to do different types of outreach to them every other week.
The arm of the Lord is not too short to save!!! The story of all of our lives, as believers, is that He lifts the beggar up from the ash heap to set him among princes. God gives us beauty/dignity for our ashes and these wondrous, glorious truths are just as much for them as they are for the rest of us! Please pray for these children!!!
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