Awana Leader in Nepal Sees Spiritual Changes
Warm greetings in the name of Almighty God from Nepal. “At first, Yuba Tamang attended Awana to play games, but when he joined the club and understood more, then he accepted Christ as Savior. Many changes took place in his life. Now he brings his brother and never fights with anyone. He respects his parents [...]
Cinthia’s Family Comes to Jesus in Brazil
Cinthia is 6 years old (shown here in the yellow headband with her grandma and her mom holding her little sister). Cinthia recently won 2nd place in her Oanse’s Scripture memory competition. Through her involvement in Oanse at her church in Brazil, her mom, grandma, and other family members have come to church and are [...]
Esther is Being Used by God in Zambia
Abandoned as a baby, Esther felt unwanted and unloved. Through an Awana club in Zambia, she realized God truly cared about her. “Thank you and the Lord Almighty for the wonderful program of Awana,” Esther is now an Awana leader and recently expressed to our workers, “This program has given me understanding of the love of [...]
Unwanted Boy in India Finds His Eternal Family
Working in a brothel in India, Shanti hoped to give birth to a daughter who could grow up and earn money by working as a prostitute. So when her baby was a boy, she was angry. Instead of caring for her infant son, Rohit, Shanti starved him and pressed lit cigarettes into his back when [...]
8 Year Old Oleg in Ukraine Learns to Pray
Oleg is now 8. He has attended Awana club for over 3 years already in Cherkasy, Ukraine. His parents are nonbelievers. Actually both of his parents were raised in an orphanage. They do not attend church, but they allow their son Oleg and their daughter Nastya to come to Awana club. In Awana Oleg learned [...]
Curiosity Replaces Crime with Christ in Kenya
Duncan lives far from the places where tourists visit when they come to enjoy the game preserves not far from his home in Kenya, East Africa. His home is in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the world—right in the middle of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. With little to do in his free time, [...]
Small Child With a Big Faith
Georgina* was born into bleak circumstances. Her parents were very poor and her father deserted the family, leaving them destitute and hopeless. But Georgina discovered hope one day when she accepted an invitation to a local Awana club. There, she heard the story of Jesus and His love for her. She eagerly trusted Christ as [...]
What drives a 10-year-old to consider suicide?
I can hardly imagine the pain Nayerly was feeling when, at 10 years old, she thought her life wasn’t worth living. Praise God that her story has a wonderful ending! Growing up in Venezuela, first Nayerly was abandoned by her father, and then her mother died a few years later. Nayerly’s grandmother took her in [...]
Two Brave Girls in Nepal
My name is Lalita Magar. Now, I am fourteen years old. I had been attending Awana club for six years. Two weeks after I first started attending I took my sister Manita with me to Sunday school. Since my parents were of a different religion and they did not like us going to church, they [...]
Change in Russia
The church in Chegvevka, Russia, began its first Awana club meeting at the city’s House of Culture to attract as many children as possible. An Awana missionary who visited their third meeting was surprised to see a large sign displayed in public announcing the meeting in the formerly communist center where atheism had been taught [...]
Kids Can Make a Difference
After making earrings for her teacher and friend, 11 year old Rebecca’s father told her that she could open a store. But, Rebecca had an even better idea. She decided to make the jewelry and sell it to raise funds so kids around the world could hear the gospel. Rebecca made her jewelry to raise [...]
Change the Ending 2012 Mission Month
God is using Awana International to plant seeds of His Word in the hearts of children around the world and here at home. Would you like to participate in the planting & harvesting process? “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Don’t you [...]
Esther “Accidentally” Gets Saved at Seed Planters in Kenya
On Thursday, July 28th, Esther was walking by the hotel parking lot where the group of 100+ pastors were practicing game time. The pastors were yelling and cheering and having a great time playing games normally enjoyed by Sparkies (ages 5 to 7). Esther wanted to know what all the excitement was about… Pastor John [...]
Awana Game Time Gives Birth to New church
Ajoy Mahali used to be a Torch Clubber some years back. Now, he is an active member of Awana Children’s Church. It was here Ajoy’s life got transformed through the ministry of Awana. He gave his life to the Lord by accepting Him as his personal Lord and Savior. Today, the Lord is using him [...]
Recycled by God
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus and I am very happy to share my testimony with you. As you read it I pray that the Lord may richly bless you and your ministry. I was born and brought up in a Christian family. My father was working in the Rail way department. He [...]
5 yr old Orphan in India Finds Love of Jesus
Meet Rachel, orphaned at age two, she is five now and the youngest to acknowledge Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior in the hostel run by Lutheran Evangelical Church, Jalpaiguri. She loves to go to school and her favorite food is potato curry. She also loves to play with water and the cat. [...]
Best Photos of 2011 – Zambia
Awana International’s Media Development Manager John Walton picks his favorite photos of Zambia for 2011. Enjoy!
Tough Kid in Kenya is Transformed
Millicent is from Kibera, the largest urban slum in Kenya. Like other children in Kibera, Millicent lives in a squalid, makeshift dwelling without electricity, running water, or sanitation. Any money her father makes is usually spent on alcohol. And because Millicent’s parents have difficulty paying the required fees, she rarely attends school. Millicent learned early [...]
Christmas Ornaments & Bibles to China?
Dear friend, I want to invite you and your kids to be part of our 4th annual Awana Kids Christmas Campaign. There is a matching challenge for $50,000 for our China ministry. That means every gift we receive by December 31, 2011 for reaching children and families in China will be matched dollar for dollar [...]
178 Kids Saved at Awana in India
God is using Awana as tool to reach hundreds of thousands of kids in India. We would like to thank you for your involvement in such an awesome task. Nav-Vikas Social Welfare Trust, Uttar Pradesh in India is using Awana as tool to reach out to kids and parents for Christ. Here is what Pastor [...]
Thankful for What God is Doing in China
Hi my name is Mike Southworth and I have the incredible privilege of being part of the ministry of Awana International in China and throughout the Pacific Rim. I would like to take just a minute to talk to you about China. What an amazing country it is – the world’s largest population, the world’s [...]
Faces of China
There are more than 235 million children under the age of 15 in China today. Awana International has a unique opportunity to share Jesus’ love and disciple these children and their families. Won’t you help us?
Reaching an Entire Family in Ukraine
In the Ukraine, 274 Awana clubs are ministering to children. One of these clubs, in the city of Dnipropetrovsk, holds its meetings outdoors. Often children passing by end up joining in on the fun and becoming regular members. Since many of the children’s parents are not Christians, Awana leaders send permission slips home with new [...]
The Harvest in China is Plentiful
Today, Awana has a unique opportunity to share Jesus’ love and disciple thousands more children and families in China. But we need your help. I want to share with you a story we recently received from a pastor in China about a young girl named Ling-ling. He wrote… We gave a children’s Bible storybook to 7-year-old [...]
