Facing a cancer diagnosis is frightening at any age. Facing it as a child is unimaginable. In Belarus, a child diagnosed with cancer often receives care at the Belarusian Research Center for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology. Patients come to the hospital from all over the country. 

 

In Sri Lanka, the coronavirus-associated shutdowns and curfews are bringing extreme hardship to many residents, especially those whose businesses or factories closed down. As has become an increasingly familiar story, people were unable to buy food without any income. The pandemic is creating dangerous situations in more than one way. 

Some of these families in need have students who attend Nazarene child development centers. In response, NCM Lanka mobilized to provide several weeks’ worth of food to 2,504 families from the centers during the month of April.

Colossians 3:12 says, “Therefore, as God’s choice, holy and loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” (CEB)