Overview

Our Operation Mercy team arrived and gathered together at the Miracle Centre between 09:00 and 09:30 to prepare ourselves for our day of blessing the children at Rhema gospel outreach ministry.  We began this preparation by praying together and welcoming the Holy Spirit to guide us and give us the spirit of excellence for this blessed outreach.

Shortly after praying our team of 10 packed all the children's gifts and treats into the vehicles and in 10 minutes we arrived at the Rhema Gospel Ministry outreach where we were greeted by the precious smiles at our vehicle doors and were even offered great help to offload all the Christmas gifts and treats.  It was such a wonderful experience to see the children from a few months old to six years old gathered together singing and praising God even with the little they had and the environment they lived in. It definitely encouraged our team to be more grateful and thankful for all that God gives and does for us. 

Pastor Jonathan, who is the lead Pastor of the Outreach  welcomed us with open arms and gave us the opportunity and platform to fellowship with the children. Our associate pastor, Pastor Louann Appalraju, led  a short program and introduced the team to the chidlren. We sang songs with them and Pastor Louann ministered to them about Jesus Christ and the reason for the Christmas season as well as how much Jesus Christ loves them and wanted to bless them.

We arranged for one of our team members to surprise the children by dressing up as Santa. The chidlren screamed with excitement at the sight of him. It was precious to see their faces light up that way. Each child was then called to receive their gifts and to have their photographs taken. We made certain to remind them that Jesus is the reason why they were being so blessed.

We also gave out snacks that we had prepared for them and blessed them with party packs as well. And because of our partners blessed giving we had extra snacks and were able to call other children from the community to bless them, which they were so grateful for. We blessed pastor Jonathan with a gift and were able to give clothes and shoes given by our partners.

After our time of fellowship with the children our Operation mercy team prayed and thanked God as well as Pastor Jonathan for welcoming us into his church. We were invited to come again to minister to the community and spend more time with the children. It was such a heartwarming experience to have been able to be a blessing to the little ones and to make their day.

A Big thank you to all the Volunteers, Event Director Bro ther Ngoni and Pastor Louann for running this event with excellence.