The Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda were at Grimethorpe Pentecostal Church last night and are a powerful reminder to us all that Jesus can transform any situation and bring joy even from tragedy and adversity. The Watoto programme, founded by missionaries Gary and Marilyn Skinner, seeks to help orphaned and vulnerable children, providing homes, schools and training programmes which can help to provide hope and a future to those who apparently have none, and the children’s choir are ‘ambassadors of hope’; Certainly their joy and testimonies of how Jesus’s love has transformed them remind us of the power of the gospel and the difference we can make to individuals.
As a church, we are privileged to sponsor two children: Bedline in Haiti (through Compassion UK) who is 8 years old and Amshika in India (through our connections with Fredrick and Reeba), who is 2 and severely disabled. We hope soon to sponsor another child through Watoto, so watch this space for more news and thank you very much for your generosity to these programmes and prayers for these children to grow up knowing the love of Jesus, whatever their circumstances in life.