Sri Lankan Ministry

My name is Jael. I am ten years old and I live in Kuwait. When I grow up I want to have an orphanage in Sri Lanka. I read that there are lots of orphans there especially in the major cities. I was excited to learn that my church has a ministry that helps at the Sri Lankan embassy in Kuwait. There are around 300 women there. Many were maids or housekeepers that were treated so badly they ran away. In Sri Lanka, they think themselves as unimportant as you can be. The ministry gives them things to give them courage. Sometimes we, usually the children, get to go down to where the women live. They live in the embassy basement. They are very crowded inside and once there was a child that was two or three sitting on a thin mat. On our way to their kitchen we went through some hall ways. Women were sitting on the sides so we had to squeeze through. Their kitchen was pretty small. There was a stove, an oven, some cabinets, and a pantry. There were some women sitting at a table peeling vegetables while watching something on a small TV. Once we finished with tour we sang some songs. We sang ‘Jesus loves me,’ then all three verses of ‘Away in a manger’ We buy things like hard candy, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shirts, and I draw pictures. When we finish buying the things for them we put them in plastic bags. For an example: 1 bottle of shampoo, 1 bar of soap, 1 toothpaste, 1 toothbrush, about 17 hard candies, Once they are packed we carry them just inside the building. The women line up and we hand them out one bag for each person. Every time a woman takes a bag we say “Yesu swansin obida adery.” That is Sri Lankan for “Jesus loves you.” We also gave them about 27 bottles of hand soap and about 30 one gallon cans of milk powder. I enjoy helping them because it makes me feel good. It also helps me learn a little about Sri Lanka. I would like to raise more money for them because more women are coming all the time and I want to show them Jesus loves them too.