Who wants to go to Church?

Today I wanted to go to church.  There is a church that a few of the teams were going to go to inside of a mall.  How cool does that sound?  I’ve never been to a church inside a mall!  So…I wanted to go.  But there was a need.  Andrew, Moses, Angel, Tyra, Jacob, Daniel and Kenth are the children in the nursery at the K.I.M Orphanage who needed to be cared for.  My teammates and I are all taking turns in shifts between the orphanage and hospital to help relieve some of the pressure from the staff who work extremely hard all year long.  This morning was Katie and my turn in the nursery.  Anyone who knows me knows that I’m just not that gifted with babies.  They kind of scare me.  But one of the reasons I wanted to join the race was to find a need and fill it.  So this morning the need was at the K.I.M nursery.  I may not be that great at changing a diaper but I do know how pray over them and impart the Father’s love into them. 

During their first nap at about 9am, Tyra was having trouble sleeping.  She was crying…A LOT.  Looking in her eyes I could tell that she was just really afraid.  I looked on the white board that had a note that said, “Tyra is new and tends to get scared of adults and older kids…if she wakes up crying just give her a pacifier and lay down next to her until she falls asleep”.  So that’s what I did.  I tried to give her a pacifier but she wouldn’t take it.  She just kept crying.  So I did all I knew how…I prayed.  I bound the spirit of fear in Jesus’ name.  I prayed that the perfect love of the Father would cast out all fear and that she wouldn’t see me but that she would see Jesus and be comforted.  The whole time she was crying I just prayed.  I prayed in the Spirit and I prayed with my own understanding.  I even sang Amazing Grace a little and she finally fell asleep.  I walked out of the room and all I could say to Katie was, “Now that’s church”.