Awana Mtaani Outreach at Refugee Camp
Hi my name is Richard. By God’s Grace I’m the Awana program director at Ruiru Baptist Church in Kenya. On this particular day we had gone for an outreach at a refugee camp. In our program, God helped us to pioneer an outreach program called Awana Mtaani. “Awana on the Streets” During this time we [...]
Transformed Lives in Philippines
Recently we had the privilege of reaching out and touching the lives of many children and youth coming from “urban poor” communities of Manila through a church camp. How we label children and communities where they came from just shows how fallen we are in looking at life. In reaching out to these children they [...]
Helping start Awana clubs, from the “floor up”
What a blessing it was to serve together with Clive and Charmaine Atkins in So Africa. Jan 24-Feb 11 We were blessed to help churches start their Awana Clubs, from the “floor up” helping to lay the game floor, for starting their club that night. We were able to teach workshops at each of their [...]
Awana students extend hospitality to homeless boy
Earlier this year, children and youth from some of the poorest neighborhoods in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, were invited to an Awana camp. One of the campers seemed particularly angry and bitter. After camp ended, the boy returned home, which was a shanty that measured about 30 square feet. His father could provide [...]
Two clubbers come to Christ
Great news from Jamaica! Once again, we are thankful to God for His goodness and mercy, for allowing us to serve the Lord in Jamacia with Awana. Recently we were able to distribute school supplies to a number of children in the community club as well as those at our church. Thanks to a few [...]
Leader in Jamaica learns from training
Thank God for you! Your kindness in sponsoring the Awana seminar, of which I am an attendee is greatly appreciated. I live in a community where children are hungry for activities on their level of understanding and participation. Therefore, I assure you that the new methods of teaching Bible verses and presenting the Gospel will [...]
Grateful
New leader in Jamaica very happy! I truly am grateful for the valued time and effort that went into making us aware of the best possible ways to guide our children to not only learn about the Gospel but to be able to apply the scripture to day to daily life and to be able [...]
Seeds a plenty in Indonesia
One person said when they got started, “I am going to start rounding up children who don’t attend Sunday school to make sure they come to Awana clubs. They need the Lord too!” A man was so taken back when he heard about how the character, morals, faith and so on of a child [...]
Clubber in Indonesia sent to children’s home
SAMUEL IN BALI said, “My parents are Hindu. They are unable to care for me so they placed in me in this children’s home that is run by Christians. My parents know if I live in this home I will go to Sunday school and church. I was so happy when they told us kids [...]
The Word of God transforms
Kids in Malinau, Indonesia are changed! Praise to our Lord Jesus who by His generosity Awana has been able to grow in the district of Malinau. We of the Malinau district have all been blessed and benefited by the opening of an Awana Club in our church and village. There are many benefits that we can [...]
Nobody Loves a Leper
In Jesus’ day, it was the most dreaded disease imaginable. Same in our day. Leprosy, we’ve now seen firsthand, is alive and deadly in Bangladesh, the world’s most densely populated country. For anyone who missed the Sunday School stories, leprosy’s progressive symptoms include skin disorders, open sores, loss of feeling, loss of fingers, toes, then [...]
Prison Guard’s daughter helps him find Jesus
Clubber’s example leads father to Christ Greetings in the Lord’s name the Savior and King of our souls. My heart is so grateful for the sponsor of which has enabled me to be in this One Year Celebration in Awana. Since I started working with Awana I’ve seen God being at work in the lives [...]
From Sparks… to Pastor!
Meet Pastor Sarma Pastor Polash Sarma has been attending Awana clubs since he was 7 years old. He completed all of the Sparks and Flame books and received the Timothy award. Like many other Bangladeshi children, he received the Lord as Savior at a camp. However it was Awana where he first heard the gospel, [...]
Clubber turned leader!
Meet Beauty Dey “From the time I was a small child, I attended the Gunagori Baptist church Awana club, and through the club I learned that Jesus Christ was the Savior for my sins. I memorized many verses, but John 14:6 was my favorite and it stayed in my heart, and received Jesus Christ as [...]
Argentina – Reaching people with the Gospel of Christ through Awana
Many children are being reached at Iglesia Evenagelica La Biblia, where the pastor “Nenin” Luis R Diaz together with a group of leaders, are sharing the Gospel by implementing Oansa to their children’s ministry. The ministry has grown and we are thankful to God for His work at this church. The children are very needy, [...]
“Unforgettable Video” at Awana Sparks Fundraising Effort
In February, the Awana clubbers at Rocky Bayou Baptist Church in Florida watched a video about Kenya. “It was such a touching video that showed the poverty and sadness that fills Kenya,” clubber Jacqueline recalls. “Those kids have to share a book, and it takes them weeks just to raise money for one soccer ball. [...]
Awana Returns to Haiti Nearly Three Years after Devastating Earthquake
In January 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred only 16 miles west of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Following the earthquake and the more than 50 major aftershocks, a reported 316,000 people had died and 1,000,000 were homeless. Haiti has long held the sad distinction of being the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, so this natural [...]
48 Churches in Pakistan Trained & Equipped to Start Awana
First Seed Planters Training Takes Place in Lahore, Pakistan on Feb 25 – March 01, 2013 Conducting Seed Planters Conference in Pakistan was a unique experience, 105 participants from 48 church and from 13 different cities of Pakistan attended this training. Praise the Lord! Pakistan is a big country – the field is vast and [...]
Boy in Cuba Sets Example for Knowing God’s Word
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6,7) In Cuba, the Church is growing, despite challenges from a Communist [...]
Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi has Awana Clubs
A new year is here and that means new trainings and new clubs for Awana Children at Risk. We have many things planned for this year including trainings for leaders in Africa and South Asia. Lord willing, we will be launching into Indonesia and the Philippines. We’ll participate in the Ride for Refuge again too. [...]
Obed – Clubber in Honduras Testimony
We have a clubber named Obed that attends our Oansa club every Saturday at the Eben – Ezer Church in Siguatepeque, Honduras. His mom attends a different church, but she gives him permission to come to Oansa at the Eben – Ezer Church. Obed’s family is poor, his mother sells tortillas to raise money to [...]
Church in Egypt expands from 50 to 130 as a result of starting Awana club
This church started Awana as a result of seeing an AWANA club in Alexandria, Egypt. But this church had a critical problem; children were not attending church consistently. This church started with roughly 50 church members, but in 3 months after Awana started in the church, it grew to be 130 church members. Children began [...]
We believe God is about to do something huge in Haiti!
Last week at our five day training, the very last day we brought in 40 kids and let our trainees practice their first club. It went so great. During council time they gave the plan of salvation and five children accepted Jesus, during our practice club! To me that was God confirming what we have [...]
30 People Baptized Because of Awana
Anatoly and Rya – Commanders of Bethlehem Baptist Church Minsk, Belarus Anatoly shared that in the ten years that he has been Awana Commander, he has seen 30 people baptized because of Awana. He said those people are now involved in the church. He shared stories of multiple families where the children were sent to [...]
