Mustard Seed’s first After School Educational Centre opened three and a half years ago in the poorest area of a large Indonesian city. Many of the school-age children were unable to read and write. The parents were nervous and slow to trust. Gradually they saw sincerity behind the help, and they saw their children blossoming as they packed into the rented room to play games and learn computer skills. The outreach to this community is changing lives. Staff and involved parents are distributing food and medicine and praying for the sick. When a local Muslim man of influence raped two neighbourhood girls, the community around the Centre united in a call for justice.
There is another community; it's at the city dump. The air always smells of rotting garbage; the children spend their days picking through the trash for bits to hawk on the streets. But we sense openness among the people to a Christian school. Is it just a dream, or will the Spirit provide evidence of this being a viable location for us to serve? Will these children have an opportunity for a better future?
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