CREATIVE CARE

 

When I pastored the Bible Baptist Church of Missoula, Montana, Judd Lee served as our bus captain, bringing many children to hear the Word of God.

Though many years have passed, the Lees have proved faithful to God in their care for those in need of the gospel. Judd’s wife Lisa returned recently from a trip to Kenya with her church.

Their work lay primarily in the Mathare Valley where roughly 600,000 people live in only six square miles. Hope’s Promise works there to provide care for many orphans. Statistics do not tell the whole story. One of those with whom Lisa worked described the experience this way. “You have to walk there, your feet treading the dirt, the trash, the sewage. You must be taken by the hand by your 13-year-old guide and led like a child through the bustling, crowded paths. You must stand in the church in the midst of it all, lift your hands and sing.”

The ministry included serving at the Sanctuary of Hope, one of the Hope’s Promise orphan care homes. Lisa writes, “I have become a strong advocate and strongly believe in Hope’s Promise Mission to help these children one at a time, by supporting them in their culture, with their caregivers and with trauma informed orphan care. The proof of the effectiveness are the young people who are now through college and returning to help with the program.”

Thank God for believers who live out their care for others in tangible ways. Thank God for Lisa Lee.