Into Africa part 2

(continued from part 1)

Stephan was surprised when he saw that the woman was not his Mother but his Grandmother

Adapted for children
by Brandi Martindale
Illustrations by Ray Braun

Last Week:
One day, 14 homeless boys were waiting at the McAninch's front gate for them to come home. When they got there. Rick and Audrey were surprised to see so many kids at their house. Usually, they had to go get kids and bring them home. Audrey knew that they could not take in 14 new boys. She didn't want to leave them there. They didn't know what to do...

Full House
...about it. But then they realized that God had brought these boys to them. So, they took them all! One of the boys that came to live with the McAninch's was Stephan. Stephan had parents and, after he accepted Jesus in his heart, he wanted to find them. He had lived on the street for 3 years and wasn't sure if he remembered how to get to his parent's house. But one of the staff members, Johanes, went with him. When they got there, a woman answered the door. Stephan was surprised when he saw that the woman was not his Mother but his Grandmother.

On His Own
Stephan's Grandma told him that his Mother left him with her when he was just a baby. She took care of him the best she could and even sent him to school. But after he was done with second grade she couldn't take care of him anymore. So, Stephan went with some older boys to the city where they said life would be better. But life wasn't better. For 3 years Stephan and the other boys lived on the streets. There was no hope for Stephan until he found his way to the McAninch's house. He found that Jesus loved him and so did Rick and Audrey.

Tag You're It
Rick always played wrestling and tickling games with the children. This was his way of showing them that he loved them. But one little boy, Daniel, wouldn't play games with Rick and the other boys. Then Audrey found out that while Daniel lived on the street, some of the older kids would hurt him. He didn't want Rick to do the same thing. But once they explained to him that Rick would not hurt him he soon was play wrestling too.

Daniel's friend Dennis accidently stepped on a stick that cut his foot.....

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