“I learned that Jesus is my friend”
He was at it again — Nailton had mastered the sport of hitting the target with his baladeira — the slingshot local people use in the wilderness of Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceará.
The problem: he shot stones at other kids and often at birds and animals he wasn’t hunting. No surprise 9-year-old Nailton was constantly in fistfights and other kinds of trouble.
But then you sent the Book of Hope to his town. Nailton began attending a weekly club meeting with the visiting missionary and studying God’s Word with neighboring children. The stories about Jesus were very exciting for him —
“Especially when Jesus and His disciples were in a boat and Jesus calmed a storm,” Nailton says. “I learned that Jesus is my friend, who created me, and that I shouldn’t be cruel to others or to animals.”
Today Nailton is growing in God — and each week he shares what he learned from the Book of Hope with his family. Please pray for them.
Thank you for sending God’s Word to show him the way to new life with Jesus!
This year’s faith goal is to get God’s Word to 148 million more children and youth like Nailton — we have made a good start, but there’s far to go!
Please prayerfully consider how you can reach out to young people like Nailton today, and give generously as God leads you. Thank you!
