Last week, I was given the opportunity to spend the day in a neighborhood of Johannesburg called Alexandra, one of the poorest urban areas of South Africa. Matthew's aunt, Elizabeth, has been ministering to women in Alexandra for the last several years and invited Lyn and me to join her for the day. There is a lovely little group of about 7 grannies who meet together on a regular basis for prayer and fellowship. Elizabeth joins them once in awhile and serves them by bringing a warm meal. This time around, Lyn brought a device that will open up the possibilities for these grannies to hear the Word of God and grow in their walk with Jesus. It's a small, solar-powered audio device that is programmed with 100+ Christian radio programs geared towards women. Each program is about 20 minutes in length. We gathered around the cell-phone-sized device and listened to a message that reminded us of God's care for His children. Even when the circumstances of life are tough and leave us wondering how things are ever going to get better, God meets us there and His love and grace are enough for us.
Lyn, explaining the simple way to operate the listening device and select the programmed messages.
Discussing the message together after listening, talking about how it applies to our lives.
The group posed for a quick photograph at the end of the discussion and prayer time,
just before hugs good-bye.
(The audio device is part of TransWorld Radio's branch of ministry to women called Project Hannah, whose mission is "to offer compassion, encouragement and hope to suffering women worldwide through prayer, awareness, radio programming and mercy ministries." Lyn is the coordinator of Project Hannah in South Africa.)
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