LR: Welcome to Make Your Day Count. My name is Lindsay Roberts. And here in Tulsa, Oklahoma we’ve had some very unique things happen on our campus. One of them is our chapel service that was Danette and Neal Childs. Now Neal and Danette are former ORU students, but they didn’t stay students here. They went on to open an amazing work in Niger in Africa.
Niger is a country that Richard just came from when he had that tremendous crusade that we’ve told so many people about, how the miracles, the miracles were so awesome in Niger.
Well, we’re going to talk to them about the need that they still face with the country, with the school that they’re opening, and with the feeding program. So we want to talk to them, and I believe they will tremendously bless you. So stay tuned.
LR: Okay, we’re joined with Neal and Danette Childs over on this side, and we’re joined with Haley and Jordan over on this side. And today we want to talk about what happened when you all went to Africa. We’ve said this so many times before about everybody feeling the ministry in Africa over in Niger.
When the Lord placed it on my husband Richard Roberts’ heart, it seemed like it became a family affair. It seemed like everybody caught on, kids from the university, medical school, the dental, I mean, just people everywhere were calling.
In fact, we had doctors calling us and like, “Is it full, is it full, can we go, can we go?” Getting in the last minute, so excited, “Come on, let us go.” And it’s like, “Okay, where do we say no?”
Even with Haley, we were full, everything spent, tickets bought. And she whined and griped. No, she was so sweet. She badgered Richard enough till he wore down and Haley got to go, didn’t you?
HH: Yes, I did.
LR: And it was wonderful. What we want to talk today is, you still have great need. And I want to start with, what in the world, here are these precious kids, and here are the kids from ORU. They’re singing. They’re getting educated. They’re in America. And you hear about going to Africa. Of course she’d already been.
But what makes you say—you don’t just drop everything and run to Africa, knowing Richard had already forewarned everybody it was not a Christian country, less than one percent Christians. They’d never had a crusade like this ever in the history of the country. And it was the hottest, poorest country by government standards in the world. What were you thinking?
HH: What was I thinking? I’ve said before, for me it was just, “I want to go and I want to be mentored under President Roberts on how this all works, the huge healing rally. I’ve never been a part of that. But for me personally going to Niger, something was just birthed in my heart I think while I was there.
And when I got off the plane even, I don’t know, the airport was small and most of it is like outdoors, it’s really rustic, I like it. And I just felt at home when I was there.
I’m thinking, I shouldn’t feel this at home here because I’m on the other side of the planet. But when I got off the plane, I was like, “This is very strange. I feel like I’m coming home or something.”
And for me now, I could definitely see myself personally just being called there and going and going to help these people. Because it’s not just about going to a country; it’s about helping people. I mean, these people are in desperate need of Christ.
And the people really were just sweet and very easygoing. Even when we’d come up and they were crippled five minutes ago and now on the stage, they’re just smiling and they walk up. And they’re walking. These people, it’s amazing who they are.
And I just began to fall in love with the people there. Something about that, it’s not just going to a country. It’s going to these people that need Christ.
And you know what? They saw a live demonstration of signs and wonders in front of them, and it opened something in them. And of course Neal and Danette are there all the time sharing with them. But for us to come together and do this huge rally, it blew my socks off.
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