"Lord, where are you?"

“Lord, where are you? These orphans need food and they are your children.”

One repeat ministry from last year was to visit three orphanages that OrphanAge works with to provide food, medical exams and medicine. One of the orphanages is run by Peter and Marta Seclan. During the war, they began to collect children who had lost their parents and found them hiding in the jungle. Over time, the number of children grew to over 100. As the war in Liberia ravaged the country, Peter and Marta eventually found a nice area of land outside of Kakata to safely settle with the children. They have worked hard to farm for food and provide education for the children.
Our team arrived with a truck load of food, medicine, and soccer balls. Marta came up to greet us, excited to see us return for the third time in the past couple years. She was so excited to see the food and began to tell an amazing story. The children were hungry. They were between harvests and had run out of food and money. While hoeing the farm she began to desperately cry out to God saying “Lord where are you? These orphans need food, they are hungry and they are your children.” She then told us she felt the Lord tell them they should fast and pray with the children. Then God sent them an amazing sign!

Marta, the staff, and children began a three day fast and prayer vigil that the Lord would provide food for them. At the end of the vigil, Marta, several children and staff saw in the sky the words written “I love you and I love the children.” With great excitement they felt that God had heard their desperate pleas for food – especially for dried fish. So, they then held an all night praise and thanksgiving time trusting that God had given them an amazing sign that he heard their cries and would provide food. Just a few short weeks later our truck arrived with a three month supply of rice, cooking oil, and amazingly, dried fish. It was a privilege to be a part of an answer to prayer. In fact, my daughters’ school, Sisters Christian Academy, was used by the Lord to provide the food. The children in the school spent six months raising funds for the orphans. The Lord is good and he does hear the cries of the orphans!