It's amazing when you can watch God work in peoples lives right before your eyes. Over the last several weeks there has been this family staying in our home with us a few night a week. They have no place to call home. The dad has been without a job for almost a year and the mom has decided that she doesn't really want to be a parent anymore. The couple is no longer together. The dad would love to have his kids full time however the place in witch he stays does not allow him to have his kids with him. He so desperately wants to remove his kids from the situation in which they are living in with the mom.
Two months ago the dad nor the kids could of told you about God and they used God's name in bad ways and never though anything about it. One Sunday they were pushed out of the place they were staying and they needed a place to go. We told them they are welcome to stay with us anytime however the requirement was that they come to church with us on Sundays. That Sunday was a life changing day for the dad and his two older children. The kids could tell us what they learned in Sunday school, thereafter every time they come to our home they come in excited to tell me a new verse that they have learned from the bible. They have started going to kids night at our church. The most touching thing happened last night. The kids came to our home because their mom forgot to go get them from school and an hour and half we received a call that no one showed up to get the kids. They were at their grandpas house however they are not welcomed there. So I got their dad and went to go them. (There dad is unable to drive so his only transportation is walking). Later last night I was down stairs to wash their clothes so they had something clean to wear to school since their mom would not come get them or bring them clean clothes. The oldest child came down and asked me if he could pray tonight at dinner. I couldn't believe it. Just two months ago they would have never talked about God. God is so amazing. At dinner time the two oldest kids were fighting over whom got to say prayer. These to kids are so ready for God to come into their hearts and the oldest is seeking it. I just ask for prayer for this family that God continues to work in their hearts and that God will help the dad get a job so that the he can do what is best for his kids and remove them from that home they are living in. I also pray that the mom will wake up and realize what she is doing to her kids. When the kids cry because once again mom didn't show up or mom left them at home alone you know it is bad. These kids desperately need God in their lives.
I am just so thankful and in awe of what God is doing in their lives. The things that happen to this kids makes me want to cry but I know that God is working in there hearts. I know that God put us in their lives for a reason and I am so thankful that God has used us to lead this family to him.
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