22:6
Through Nursing Home Visits, Children Learn to Pray For Patients And Grow By Serving Others
A group of children in 22:6 pose with a couple of nurses at The Courtyard Nursing Home in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The children went after attending church and prayed for any patient who needed prayers. Best of all, they wanted to be there. In fact, this is their fourth visit to nursing homes in 2026. And it happened when one girl sparked the trip by asking when we were going to return to see the patients? Praise God.
God touched her heart and also the heart of others. When we got to the nursing home, the patients were ending a church service. The gracious "preacher" invited the children to come up and they sang a verse of "Jesus loves the little children". The patients enjoyed it. Then the children recited from memory Bible verses they are learning. Two boys visted their dad who was being rehabiliated in the home. Please pray for the nursing home ministry and the salvation of the children and those reached by them for Jesus Christ. A child shall lead them, the Bible says. Indeed.
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God blesses 22:6 and the Gate Children's Ministries with Radio Interview
Children take part in worship
Children participating in 22:6 take part in a church presentation. They are joined by children who belong to the church. This is one way they are learning to grow and hopefully become Christians. Some children in 22:6 have been baptized, professing faith in Jesus as savior and lord. But learning and growing as a Christian is a life-long commitment. We are always trying new ways to help. In March, the children began to participate in new children's prayer meetings. We have had 3 children's prayer meetings so far in 2026. Pray for the prayer meetings! In the first week of May, 2026, the program reached out to more parents and children and expanded Home Bible Study. This is a program in which a 22:6 ActivitiesTrainer goes into the child's home and sits with the child and parent, studying the Bible and Christian morality or learning Bible verses.
April 29, 2026, at 7 am, 22:6 and The Gate Outreach Van Ministries were featured on the Bounce Morning Radio Show. That's 95.9 FM on the dial, hosted wonderfully by Pastor Steve Harris. Pray that both children's ministries will be used to reach more children for Christ! Thanks to parents, teachers, churches who are so vital to it all. Praise God! See and hear the interview at:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18PPU1Td55/
22:6 does outreach to children and families in Texas
22:6 reached out to children and families in Waskom, Texas and Marshall, Texas. They were given Bible flyers on what Christians believe and what God's plan is for marriage. Which is that only men and women should marry. The outreach was well received. It's inspiring to see all the Pro-Life billboards in Waskom. On the way back to Louisiana, there was a brief outreach in the 70th Street area in Shreveport. One family and friends participated in a prayer for God's guidance and blessings in this New Year 2026 and beyond.
Help us get more children into church so they can learn about God and learn to live his way. Please send a tax-deductible donation to: 22:6 Children's Ministries, 218 Second Street, Natchitoches, LA, 71457. Please make all checks payable to 22:6 Children's Ministries. God bless you. Pray for conversions in 2026. Happy New Year.
Number of children who have memorized Bible verses so far, as of 1/2026:
22
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The Bible says God's plan for marriage is that 1 man marries 1 woman. Period. No other marriage plan is approved by God or the Bible. Read: Genesis 2:24, Leviticus 18:22, Romans Chapter 1.
Lesson 1A
God's plan for
marriage:
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Mail donations to: 22:6, 218 Second Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (Make check to: 22:6 Children's Ministries
Number of people served as of 1/2026:
120
A core group of 48 children participated
more than twice.
Home Bible Study
Participants
Number of nursing homes served by children so far
4
Towns and cities served through street outreach so far:
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Alexandria, Louisiana
Mansfield, Louisiana
Ruston, Louisiana
Campti, Louisiana
Hemphill, Texas
Marshall, Texas
Waskom, Texas
Stockton, California
What does 22:6 mean?
22:6 comes from Proverbs 22:6 in the Bible which says, "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
"Without you, I would have had no one to teach me about Jesus."--A 9 year old participant
100% of participants in 22:6 polled said, as adults they will take their children to church.
