"It is almost midnight. The streets of downtown Bogota, Colombia, are deserted except for a multitude of military policemen. Automatic weapons at the ready, they guard every intersection of this capital city; the president of neighboring Venezuela is in town. Five-year-old Wilson sits on the sidewalk, crying. His father will beat him again tonight if he returns home without 1,000 pesos ($1.50 U.S.). He shivers in the cold of the Andean night; he is barefoot and wears only a lightweight running suit. On the other side of the street, his sister, seven-year-old Daisy, is begging. Daisy needs money for shoes, and she can't go home until she has 1,500 pesos.
For a growing number of children on city streets around the world, this scene is all too typical. It is not uncommon for urban missionaries working in child evangelism to encounter many in similar circumstances."
("Children at risk" By James Beaunaux (Vol. 29, No. 4)EMQ
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