Praise GOD for an opportunity to witness through a lapse in judgement

Dear Friends,
Some may have read in our prayer request about the young man, John, age 14, who took Jullie's phone.  When we found out about the missing phone, we contacted the local pastor, Reverend Simon Muhota, since we knew the children went to the same church (Africa Inland Church, Kijabe) that we go to.  He made some phone calls and found out where the children live.  When he went to visit, the father was not home (the mother died a couple years ago).  He confronted John.  John said he took the phone and gave it to Pastor Muhota.  John was very remorseful and on the advise from Pastor Muhota we did not carry the event further.  What he did do, however, was set up an opportunity for John to come and talk to us.  A little background.  This family is very poor.  John is 14 and in 9th grade (called form 1 here in Africa) his sister Beth is 11 and brother Samuel is 9.  Their father works in the fields finding pieces of wood to turn into charcoal and selling the charcoal. This is a common employment in which people work for pennies a day (literally).  On Sundays, after church, these children would come over to use our soccer ball to play, and we would provide lunch and send them home with bread and some other staple foods.  This last sunday, John, in desperation in trying to come up with money to continue in Form 1 School (families pay for school from grade 9-12) took the phone with the idea to sell it and pay for school.
Anyway, when Pastor Muhota arranged for John to see us, he apologized to us about his lack in judgement.  He was very sorry.  I believe him.  Unfortunately, the poverty here that so many people experience is overwhelming.  A lot of times they are looking for ways just to put food on the table once a day or once every other day.   GOD's glory did shine through this event.  We took this opportunity to mentor John, explain the forgiveness of GOD through his son Jesus and hopefully, help this boy and his younger siblings to have a better understanding of what it means to be Christian; not only to not steal but also experience forgiveness in a different light. 
Thank you for your prayers on this.  Jullie has her phone back, there is no damage done and hopefully this is a positive learning experience for John and his siblings.
In HIS Hands
Jim