HER PASSION IS TO SERVE GOD

What is your profession? Are you a missionary, teacher, doctor, social worker, mother, father or a charity worker? Do you work with vulnerable communities? Do you find joy in what you do? Are you always willing to go an extra mile because God needs you to? We all have our calling in life and places God has placed us in to make a difference. Do we serve in these areas with our hearts as serving him and not men (Col 3:23)? Do you find it hard to serve when other voices are opposed to what you feel God needs you to do? Maybe this story might help bring encouragement and strength to you.

I had the privilege of meeting Mama Pauline, an elderly lady in her sixties, who has been working with street children for the past eleven years. She felt God’s voice calling her to work with street children, in a situation where her life was threatened by the very people whom she was to minister to. She prayed and drew her strength from Psalm 23:3-4, “He gives me strength. He guides me in the right paths, as he has promised. Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord for you are with me. Your shepherd’s rod and staff protect me.” Through her demonstration of courage, the young men accepted her and she began a street children’s organization. Right now, she hosts about fifteen boys and one girl in a tiny little shack, where all seventeen of them live.

Many times, over the past eleven years, she’s been persecuted by neighbours for helping the street children. However, she has held on to that dream and God has blessed her with a little plot. Battling against many odds like Nehemiah when he began building the walls of Jerusalem, Mama Pauline has started constructing a bigger living quarter for her foster children and herself. She’s been persecuted from all sides by people who do not want to see her carry out the work God called her to. She shows no signs of backing down and surges forward to keep building for the sake of her children.

Despite her courage and strength to fight for the young people she works with, she is challenged by the lack of funds. The construction only continues whenever she gets some money to buy the needed materials. Hence, I felt the need to share her story with you. You might be one of those who wishes to serve or be involved in the community and do not know how. If God has placed it on your heart to help someone or contribute to a meaning cause, such as helping the street children, then do not hesitate to lend a hand. To build a structure, one needs lots of materials and funds, hence, pray about it and let God speak to you.

Mama Pauline’s new project. It has a boys’ living quarters and the girls’ living quarters. It’s not that big, but four times bigger than the one they live in right now.

Nehemiah 2:18 “And I told them how God had been with me and helped me and what the emperor had said to me. They responded, ‘let’s start rebuilding!’ And they got ready to start the work”