Stretching Out Philippines

 

 

These past weeks have been Stretching. Our whole squad of 54 people are here in the Philippines working

in 8 different ministries. I am working with Children in a orphanage and I am doing the evening shift from 3 PM to 8 PM. A typical day will start with a couple kids that soon turns into a multitude of children around 3:30 PM.  I had no desire to work with children at this time, because there is so many opportunities to work with the poor here and other ministries that are doing awesome things for the poor, and there are so many more countries we are going to such as in Africa were I can work with children at a later date. But God seems to have other plans for me this month. Also for some reason I volunteered  for helping out with a sports camp. I am like why am I singing up to help do sports, I have no desire to play or be involved in sports. But the purpose of this trip is to have God stretch me with who
ever we are working with or whatever ministry He places us, because in real life you can’t always choose
who your going to work with or even what you do sometimes.

This is God’s way of helping individuals
grow within community.

I am seriously doubting as to what will be the outcome of my time here in the next year. Will I go home and be placed in the same job I left and forget all that God has dome for me this year. Will I be homeless in some part of the US and forget God altogether.

Or will God open up a ministry in one of the places I have visited. Will I be content to pursue a relationship with a women that involves the American dream of having a nice home in a safe neighborhood and me with a decent Job. How can I even go to work each day knowing that the meal I just consumed could have fed a family for a week even here in the philippines.

One of the precious children that live around here

 

Then today at the orphanage one boy wanted my full attention. I gave him my attention with a small toy horse he called, Umboto.  He had the wheel and axle of what was formerly a toy car that he called mommy. For the next hour we played horse and mommy and as I was getting tired playing with him, I was thinking how little time he has a male influence in his life. So Now I enjoy spending time with these children, because God is interested in all ministries, especially the Orphans. I guess I saw all these awesome ministries where God could use me in the future and God is saying, let me take care of the future and what you will do for me, now I want you to focus on my creation, the Children that I have in my Kingdom and the Children I want to have in my Kingdom.