Isaiah 61:1, "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."
All of us, as the believers of Christ, are called and chosen to reach out to the lost, wipe the tears of the brokenhearted, and bring hope to the dejected.
Lately, the number of autism sufferers is growing rapidly. It is a global phenomenon. According to the survey that was taken from some countries, 2-4 kids from10,000 have the possibility to suffer this autism. Nevertheless, there are even some other sources which claimed that there are about 10-20 kids from every 10,000 can possibly suffer autism. The other survey said that approximately 1 of 10 kids is autistic. The datas are confusing, and we cannot be sure which survey might be right. However, all sources have obviously claimed something that we can be very certain about: The incidence of autism all over the world has truly increased remarkably.
Indonesia is facing the very same problem. The number of patients with autism in Indonesia keeps on rising every year, yet the awareness from the people to this syndrome is still very low. According to the data that was released on the World Autism Day last April, the number of the patients with autism in Indonesia was estimated about 7-8 of 1,000 birth, while in the last periods was only 1 of 1,000 birth.
This saddening report has made the whole world grieved, and surely this pierced our God's heart as well. Our loving God would never plan for such thing to ever happen in this world. Even if that happened, it was allowed by God, so that His Glory can be revealed throughout all the earth. (Jeremiah 29:11-12: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”) He has created each of us amazingly and wonderfully. (Psalms 139:14: “I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; and that my soul knoweth right well.”) Therefore, if miserable things fell upon the children, they are not of God.
Thereof, we are stepping out in faith, responding God's calling deep within our heart to touch these young generations, to give them back the hopes that were once stolen by the devil, and to once again open their eyes to the bright future that was promised by God in the beginning. We believe that God can heal those children in need because He is still doing miracles up until today.
We built a house of autism in our own hometown, Jakarta, and are opening it this December 2011. This house is purposed for kids whose parents are not able to fund their education. The education we are giving is free of charge because we want the poor ones to also be able to experience God's goodness and mercy through our service. We, with the help of some of our friends who have experienced the same problem and got special skills, will give our best efforts to teach, train, and equip these kids.
Releasing this first album itself is a command from God. He wants us to learn how to give what we have been given by Him, no matter how small or big it might be, to bless the people out there who are crying for helps. Therefore, we are not going to gain any profits from the selling of this album. Instead, we are using whatever we will get from it to fund the free school we are initiating.
We have actually started our service by educating the poor people (both the kids and the parents) freely in a place around Joglo, Western Jakarta since 2008 and it is still going on until today. And praise God, our service did make a great impact in that place. Children who used to be incapable of reading and writing, are now able to read and write. Not only that, they can even get ranks in their schools and become the best students among their classmates. Indeed, this was such an amazing work done by God, and we believe He can also do it in the other hardships.
You can check our website in www.joyhopeministry.com to know more about our family's ministry.
Does any of you feel moved to be part of our ministry? May God bless every act of faith, love, and compassion that are done by all of you to the children whom God created and loved, so that they could get hold of the hope and joy which are incredible from you.
If you feel moved and want to buy our album (which comprises CD+VCD), you may contact us through Facebook:
Agnes-Esther-Eunike ; or comment below ; or email to: ster7net@yahoo.com
Thank you and God bless. :)
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