Kasonga doesn’t talk much, and when he does, he speaks very softly, just above a whisper. But when he talks about Jesus, he talks with a strong voice. He has learned about Jesus from his next-door neighbor, Meme, which means “grandmother.”
New neighbors moved in next door. The houses are close together, and windows are open to let the breeze in, so it’s easy to hear what is happening in a neighbor’s house. Fedison heard the new neighbors singing. He stopped and listened. He didn’t know the song, but it sounded nice.
My name is Yehoshaphat. I’m 11 years old and live in northern Tanzania. I love Jesus, and I love to read my Bible and pray. I learned that even a child can stand up for their faith.
Joshua’s mother has taught her children to share their faith with others. “People in my church go out in small groups to share God’s love with others,” Joshua says. “So it’s natural to tell people about Jesus.
Paula is 11 years old and in the sixth grade at Baraton Elementary School in Kenya. “Some kids I know go to the public school. They are afraid of their teachers, but at Baraton our teachers are our friends. They encourage us to be like Jesus—kind and loving and giving.”
Mercy is 11 years old and lives in western Kenya. [Locate Kenya on a map.] She likes to play the same games many of us like. She likes to play dolls with her sister. She doesn’t have brightly colored dolls with beautiful clothes. She makes her own dolls from plastic bags.
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Enock sighed as he hoed weeds in the family’s garden. The corn stood taller than his head, and the carrots and potatoes were getting bigger every day. Harvesting the family’s garden crops reminded him that it was almost time for school to start.
Pioneer missionaries took God’s message of love to people in faraway lands. We still share God’s love with others, but the ways we do it have changed.
On an island in Vanuatu a little school made of bush materials stands in a clearing off a bumpy dirt road. Next to it stands a simple church.
Lana lives on an island in the nation of Vanuatu. Lana loves to share God’s love with others. Every week she, her parents, and her sister and brothers go to her father’s home village to share God’s love.