Sauerstown Carepoint and Abused Children

Don't forget to join the 40 days of prayer for Children's Cup. Today was about the Sauerstown Carepoint.

Sauerstown is a community on the outskirts of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The fact that houses are relatively large can be deceiving. It is not comfortable suburbia. A dozen or more people pack into the homes where power and running water are the exception. Few people have any money at all. The economic depravity of this once-thriving nation is destroying the hopes and dreams of its children. If it is true that God loves to hang out where people are hurting, then He’s in the middle of Sauerstown. Pray that our team there will be able to exemplify Jesus to the children here and that God will restore their ability to dream.


A few days ago the Children's Cup prayer was for abused children. The Rehmeyers, missionaries for Children's Cup in Swaziland, had a great post on abused children called Trust and Recovery. It's a great post that reminds me once again that I don't have any problems, and I have been so blessed my whole life.

The numbers for abuse are very high here in Swaziland. We examined a little 8 year old girl from one of our new care points last week. Upon examination, it was evident that she had been raped. She told us that she was HIV positive. Her mother and father both died with AIDS. She is living with an aunt who doesn’t know much about her. She has a skin rash all over her body, ringworms on her head, swollen lymph nodes, and some kind of vaginal infection.There is another little girl who is about 6 years old. She was raped by an older man a few months ago. The teacher from the care point brought her to the clinic.

There are thousands of children with the same story...

"Father save the children. Save the grown up children. Hear their cries when no one else hears. Hear our cries for them and help us never to close our ears or our eyes to their pain. We love you Lord. Show us how to love them and help them."