Mercy Dube
Tribe: Nsenga
Tribe: Nsenga
Age: 25
Mercy is a very special friend of mine here in Zambia. I met her a few months after I arrived here when we were both helping out with a camp for street children. We team up each week to teach God’s word to girls who live or used to live on the street. Mercy has a special heart for orphans because she is one herself. Both of her parents past away by the time she was twelve years old and she spent the rest of her adolescence being passed around family, friends and boarding school. Mercy had a strong faith from a young age and spent most of her youth wrestling with God over his decision to take her parents and giver her this life. Orphans in Zambia although usually cared for by their families are the lowest of the low. They eat when everyone else is finished. They often don’t get the same privileges or rights as the other children. The often don’t go to school, and are put to work full time around the house, begging or selling things on the streets. Despite her situation in life God blessed Mercy with a high school education. These adverse circumstances played a significant role in developing a deep seeded faith in Mercy. Mercy is really one of a kind, steadfast in Christ, refusing to bend her beliefs to please her own culture.
Starting with a small kids club for orphans; teaching sports, dancing and the bible Mercy suddenly had 70 kids coming along to hear about Jesus. She is excited about what God is doing in Chongwe a small AIDS ravaged village an hour outside of Lusaka. She is determined that even orphans should have a place to play, learn and be filled with the love and hope that Jesus brings.
Please pray for Mercy
- as she continues to stand firm against sinful cultural practices.
- as she witnesses to her family and tries to make them understand her life choices.
- as she develops evangelistic youth orientated programs.
- for faith to do so much with so little.
- for physical and emotional renewal as she works with kids who are starving, abused, and alone.
Mercy is a very special friend of mine here in Zambia. I met her a few months after I arrived here when we were both helping out with a camp for street children. We team up each week to teach God’s word to girls who live or used to live on the street. Mercy has a special heart for orphans because she is one herself. Both of her parents past away by the time she was twelve years old and she spent the rest of her adolescence being passed around family, friends and boarding school. Mercy had a strong faith from a young age and spent most of her youth wrestling with God over his decision to take her parents and giver her this life. Orphans in Zambia although usually cared for by their families are the lowest of the low. They eat when everyone else is finished. They often don’t get the same privileges or rights as the other children. The often don’t go to school, and are put to work full time around the house, begging or selling things on the streets. Despite her situation in life God blessed Mercy with a high school education. These adverse circumstances played a significant role in developing a deep seeded faith in Mercy. Mercy is really one of a kind, steadfast in Christ, refusing to bend her beliefs to please her own culture.
Starting with a small kids club for orphans; teaching sports, dancing and the bible Mercy suddenly had 70 kids coming along to hear about Jesus. She is excited about what God is doing in Chongwe a small AIDS ravaged village an hour outside of Lusaka. She is determined that even orphans should have a place to play, learn and be filled with the love and hope that Jesus brings.
Please pray for Mercy
- as she continues to stand firm against sinful cultural practices.
- as she witnesses to her family and tries to make them understand her life choices.
- as she develops evangelistic youth orientated programs.
- for faith to do so much with so little.
- for physical and emotional renewal as she works with kids who are starving, abused, and alone.
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