WHEN I WAS appointed to the role of Sunday School Superintendent for my church six years ago, I began to deeply study the origin of Sunday School. Through my research, I discovered that the Protestant Church in England would invite children who worked in workshops to receive a religious education in Sunday School. Previously, the children didn't have time for education because they were working all the time, but Sunday School gave them an opportunity.
After reading about this, I thought about doing something similar in my own neighborhood of Kalamu, where Fifth Church of Christ Scientist, Kinshasa, is located. In this neighborhood, I often saw homeless children roaming the streets, and I had this idea to invite them to Sunday School and feed them after Sunday School class. The idea was not only to give them a spiritual education at Sunday School, but to also give them enough food to go back on the streets. I talked with the board of the church about doing this and they asked me to keep praying to find a way to bring those children to our church, as they could not afford the food to feed them. So, I kept on praying.
One day I received an e-mail from someone who wanted me to pray for a young man here in Kinshasa. I prayed for the young man and he was healed. The person who had called me was from Canada and wanted to pay me fees for the spiritual help offered, but while we were talking on the phone, she asked me what I was doing at my church. I explained how I was trying to bring street children to my church's Sunday School to give them an education. The caller was very interested in my idea and offered to not only prayerfully support the Sunday School, but offered us financial support as well.
