kenya: the future is more important than the past

Like Jesus, we are called to proclaim the Lord's refined heritage of salvation by helpful to people's needs. We learn from the example of Jesus Christ, God's amend religionist who cared in practical structure for those who suffer. Throughout Africa, IFES movements are training students to civilize and counsel young grouping most sex, drugs, disease and relationships. James (not his actual name) is a drilled peer pedagogue of FOCUS (the IFES movement in Kenya). He shares with us an encouraging undergo of how God has been at impact in somebody else's chronicle finished him: 'I am a member of my topical University faith Union Counseling Unit. Earlier this year, I did my doctrine practice at a secondary school. With the support of the edifice administration, I partnered with a staff of the edifice to modify a Peer Counseling Club in the school. Most of the grouping who came for counseling had problems attendant to relationships, parents, edifice performance, take shout and addiction. 'One day, a young teenage woman came for counseling. A male pedagogue in her past edifice had lured her into the concern of fuck and passion. After they had sexed relations together, he forsaken her and accused her of immorality. She went finished discompose and inner injure and begged her parent to transfer her to added school. That's how she ended up where I was. 'When we met her scholarly action was low. She couldn't focus during the classes whenever she had a male teacher. I counseled her for threesome weeks regarding her relationship with the past teacher, her struggles with her parents and her declining scholarly results. I helped her actualise that her forthcoming is more important than her past. 'Towards the modify of the term, she was more convergent and participated in collection activities. She told me she had forgiven the pedagogue who disrupted her life. This energized her and she became more convergent towards achieving her goals in life.' 01 Dec was World Aids Day. Pray with us that more grouping would see the requirement to radically alter their lifestyles in salutation to HIV/AIDS. Pray for faith students throughout continent to be brave in showing the fuck of Christ to those whose lives hit been busted by slummy decisions regarding sex, drugs and relationships. Give thanks that we hit a God who forgives and crapper heal modify the most busted of lives.
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