The late night calls are the worst….a sobbing voice whimpering out a plea for help. We rushed out as fast as we could and met our friend out on the busy street – she was a complete mess. Her husband, a local gang member who left her and her four children to go live in a drug house where he can freely use and sell the mess, stopped by briefly to rob their last $100 that she had saved up from her part-time job for the coming rent. The week earlier his reason for a ‘visit’ was to take their car from her. When we entered their one-room converted garage the children were huddled around a TV at one corner watching cartoons pretending like everything in life was just perfect or at least wishing it were. We prayed and worked on calming her down and spent some time comforting the children. “Why!?!” she would scream out – worried about how she was going to put the next meal on the table and if they were going to get evicted, but also just cut raw to the core of her heart. It was so hard to watch her writher in emotional turmoil, but what was even harder to watch was how she called her 9 year-old son over to ask him to take care of her and comfort her. We pulled him aside later and helped him understand that he doesn’t have to carry that weight on his shoulders – that Jesus wants to walk them through this situation. What hope there is in Jesus who came to walk through the hardest of situations with us and bring healing, life and light!

The next day we checked in again and the mother said, “I’ve never felt this bad in my life, but I leave everything in the hands of the Lord…I trust in Him and leave this situation up to Him. I just ask that you pray for me and my husband and my children.” Will you please join us in prayer for this family?

We know that a trip out of the city with their church family will not change their situation, but it will help bring that sense of family they need, the calm and peace and fun that families need to have. We are so excited that on Saturday, December 4th we are going to get to take this family up to The OAKS for a great day filled with Christmas family fun. We are also thrilled to take with us a mother and her three children who weeks ago was reunited with her three boys after having them taken away for six months by social services. As you can imagine it has been very hard for this mother to be away from her children for so long – especially the youngest that was only a few months old when they were taken from her (to no fault of her own).

Please pray for this amazing day of crafts, Christmas activities, stories and food we will be able to share as church of people being restored in Christ. We have planned to take 85 people with us – it is so exciting to see that every time we take a trip like this we have more and more people with whom we are working that can benefit from these amazing activities and grow deeper in their love and knowledge of Christ practically and experientially. Please also pray for our monthly Sunday church service on December 12.

During this Christmas season if you would like to give a special gift to one of the men, women or children that we are pouring into here are some practical ways you can do that:

Craft and snack for Bible Clubs (for 1 week/30 children) for our weekly outreach $25
Discipleship packet (2 books and NT Bible) for spiritual growth $25
Groceries for Christmas dinner for families in need $50
A beginner’s guitar and classes (for six months) to train up worshippers $100

If you desire to give to any of these areas please send your gift to World Impact and mark it “ATR 8329 Fuente”

Thank you so much for your love and support.

Merry Christmas,
Chad & Fabiola Wolyn