ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Child and Youth ministry
Pauline Ho, 7190 Para Place, Mississauga, ON L5W 1L5 (905) 565-9989 khanhpauline@hotmail.com
December, 2003
Greetings dear friends and supporters:
Thank-you for your continued prayers and support over the past months. Sorry I have not been keeping in touch too well. I was on (semi) maternity leave for about 10 months, and in addition to having three small children to take care of, we also moved recently! Please note our new address and phone number.
In spite of what is going on in my life, work with children in downtown Toronto does continue, thanks to Bonnie, who is still working with us through her job at CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship), and our dedicated team of volunteers. They have been doing a great job. As of September I have been working again on a part time basis, and it is great to be back in Alexandra Park (now known as the Atkinson Coop).
When we re-started KIDS Church in September after our summer break, we also celebrated its tenth anniversary! It's hard to believe it's been that long since we started. To make our anniversary special, we actually had our first "Second generation" KIDS Church child attending. This five-year-old girl is the daughter of a young woman who was one of the very first KIDS at Church kids! KIDS Church continues to go well, with 40 or 50 children attending regularly. I also still see many of the "graduates" of our programs, and it is encouraging to see that they are also doing very well.
Brianna's Testimony
Hi, my name is Brianna. I became a Christian when I was ten years old and I was doing really bad in school. I needed a lot of help. I did not know why I was acting that way. This is how it happened: I met this woman named Pauline. She brought me to Kids Church. Then I started learning about Jesus and what sin was and I finally realized that all the things that I had been doing were bad. Then a couple of weeks later I met Bonnie then we got really close. She helped me to know God and what He did for me. Sometimes when I am at church I feel like crying because of what He did for us. Then when I was ten I asked Jesus to take away my sins because God used Bonnie to bring me closer to God. I want to get baptized because Jesus did it and I want to follow God.
God is continuing to do great things at All Nations also. We have seen Him answer prayer in miraculous ways, healing those with cancer, and giving children to the childless! Our pastor Tim Berends and his family are now on a mission in Kazakhstan for a year or two and though we miss them, we praise God for the work He is doing through them. We are also blessed by having quite a few newcomers from China coming to our church. One family just had their second child, a baby boy, and they are so thankful. However the father was just laid off - please pray for them. Although a number of these families have moved out of Toronto again, we are encouraged that they are going with a newfound faith in Christ.
David's Testimony:
"I became a Christian (not baptized) when I was in grade 4. I've followed God in prayer and in spirit. This is the first time I worshipped Him in a church." (Age 11).
David and his sister along with several of their friends have been attending All Nations from the neighbourhood. They first connected with us through the week-long kids program ANCF does in a nearby park every summer. These children are so enthusiastic and excited about coming to church. Although church is brand new to them, they sing and participate as though they've been going to church for years. Another little girl, three years old, just joined my Sunday School class. She was brought by her older sister, who ahs been coming down the street to ANCF for ten years now - since SHE was three years old! These kids are such an encouragement to us all! Pray that they will be blessed through our church.
Work in the inner-city is both rewarding and challenging. There are very real dangers, including gangs and flying bullets. Yet the joy of seeing children coming to follow Jesus, and watching them praise God together, is beyond description. Thank-you for making this work possible through your prayers, encouragement and donations. We would appreciate your continued support. Volunteers are also very much needed!
A personal prayer request: The company my husband works for has just gone bankrupt, and Khanah will be out of work as of December 31st. Please pray that God will provide for our family and that Khanah will find a new job soon. (He is a certified tool and die maker, if anyone has any connections).
Thank you so much for your support.
May God bless you richly in this Christmas season, as well as in the new year.
Love in Christ,
Pauline Ho
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