Shout Out To Kids for the Kingdom!

Greg and Karen's visit to Bear Creek this past summer!

Some very dear friends of my family, Greg and Karen Dabel, run and amazing ministry called Kids for the Kingdom, which serves in many countries around the world. I was just reading their October newsletter that told about a story from Zimbabwe, and this is what it said:

“We just returned from the ‘bush’ in Zambezi Valley,” reports Kids for the Kingdom director Reuben Zivagwe. His team was making an exploratory trip into the interior of Zimbabwe for Christian outreach, needs assessment, and mercy projects. “We discovered many orphans and longsuffering people living in poverty and in constant fear of evil spirits.”

The trip into Zimbabwe’s ‘bush’ was a physical and emotional ordeal. “At night we were like ‘free food’ for lions and hyenas but we slept fairly safe in some abandoned huts. In the morning we stopped at the river for a bath and by God’s grace made it to Kotwa village by sunset.” Along the way they saw elephants, antelope, wild dogs, zebras, and dozens of orphan children wandering aimlessly in the bush. Their parents had died from disease or malnutrition, or had simply abandoned the children. “We set up a feeding station in Kotwa and provided meals for 200 hungry orphans.”

The Kids for the Kingdom team also wanted to share the Gospel in Kotwa. “At first we

were unsure what to do. The village was ruled by fearsome evil spirits,” said Reuben. “But to our

surprise the people were filled with gladness, brought us gifts, and begged to know why we came.”

When the village chief found out they had the ‘Jesus Film’ he insisted they project the

film on the largest outdoor white wall in the village – on the side of a local beer hall. “The chief was first to respond to the call to follow Jesus.” Many others accepted Christ.

With every newsletter that I read it is so encouraging to see what God is doing through Kids for the Kingdom, and I wanted to share this encouragement! K for K is a very worthy cause for storing our treasures in heaven and loving our neighbor as ourself.