Orphans and widows break my heart… </3
That was supposed to mean, orphans and widows break my
heart. And it’s true, orphans and widows break my heart. Here is my heart <3 and when orphans and widows ask for my
help, my heart goes crack…</3 like that.
We went 6 hours away to a village that was in the bush of
Tanzania. There was nothing for hours and hours of driving. Just small villages
with no electricity or running water. And we were in a very barren place in the
bush. Desert, hills, trees that looked dead…it was a tough place to be. A few
of us spend a few days here and we went to the school where I talked about
HIV/AIDS. Went to another Masai village, which was soo legit! An experience I
would never trade! Went to another village where they want to build a school
and church. Like, we are legit IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE and there are so many
people.
started to rain. I’m hanging off the back of this truck/van vehicle, so the
rain drops are stinging me and trying not to fall off when we go over bumps
(remember…dirt roads with LOTS of potholes). We get back to our place and there
are people under tarps waiting. They are orphans and widows. They were there
since 4pm. They waited in the rain to talk
to us. There was about 150 people crammed under 2 little tarp structures. I cannot explain how amazed I was.
about 300 more. Like, this experience was out of control. I cannot describe how
I felt, but all I can say, is that I spoke to some of the people and they were
so eager to hear what I had to say. And every pause for the message to be
interpreted, they all clapped! It was so encouraging, but these widows and
orphans then expressed their needs. :'(
The needs they have ARE THE EXACT things that I want to do when I build a
children’s village. They want a school…I want to build a school! They want a
trade school to learn different skills…I want to build a trade school! Like,
their needs are needs that I HAVE ALWAYS wanted to fulfill. Most of you know
that I want to build a children’s village. And from that, add a school, then
church, then trade school, and anything else the Lord leads me to build. I want
to help the widows and their children. I want to help the orphans. I want to
help the street kids. I want to help the people living in garbage dumps.
So it BROKE MY HEART.
