A Lost Boy

I am writing this today to ask you to pray.

There is a boy named Michael. He is in the nursery class in the REM school in Mitumba, about three or four years old. He has a brother, Duke, who is also in the nursery class, who is about five years old. We know Duke well.

Their mother went crazy a few weeks ago. She seemed to lose her mind, and took her two sons away from Mitumba. Duke was afraid that he was going to get beat, and so he ran away, back to their home in the slum. But Michael stayed with his mother.

Somewhere along the way, she lost Michael.

She was found alone by police officers, and taken to a mental hospital. After some time, when she had responded to the medication and taken control of her mind and senses again, she remembered that Michael had been with her.

They went looking for him immediately, but were not able to find him. The problem is that she can't remember where she left him. She can't even remember where she was or what she was doing. She has no recollection of that time.

She is distraught. Her small son is out there somewhere. He has still not been found.

All of us are praying that God will do a miracle. It has been a couple of weeks, and so humanly speaking, we know what the probable outcome is. It doesn't seem possible that he will be found. But we also know that if God cares for the sparrow, how much more does he care for a precious little boy???

Please pray for Michael. And for Duke. And for their mother.

"What is the price of two sparrows-one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows."

Matthew 10:29-31