by Philip Lee

In the morning I was touched by seeing a video about children being involved in an prayer movement in Africa. As a former Sunday school helper for pre-schoolers, I’ve marveled at the simple faith of children’s prayers. The video helped me envision how these heartfelt prayers can transform communities and lives, and I flashed back to a prayer walk I did in Kayamandi in September 2004 with my equip teammates. I remember Lauren, who was 11, pray out loud for a villager, and I could sense the man being touched by the prayer and the Spirit moving in a fresh way.

In our afternoon marketplace discussion, we drafted a covenant statement of how Christian businesspeople need to become a powerful witness for the Kingdom by humbling themselves and working to transform society, seeing their business as a ministry and not just a barely tolerated way to make money for personal needs and church donations.

At night we went to the mall as a group of 5 and we stuck out quite a bit with a blonde, brunette, redhead, and two Asians. As people kept looking at us, I hope they saw the diversity and loving fellowship in God’s family.