Today.
Today I woke up with the sun…
I had my cup of coffee
I got to have worship and devotional time with my team and the staff here at the YWAM base that we’re staying at.
Then I boarded a Tuk Tuk.
And 20 minutes later, we turned onto a path only to get our wheels stuck in the mud.
It’s the rainy season…comes with the territory.
So we walked the remainder of the path to the village.
We were met immediately with children.
Some had only pants on…
Some had only shirts on…but you found that out only after you picked them up.
And some…had absolutely nothing on.
Once we set our stuff down, we went over to the watering hole and it was time to bathe them.
Now, can you imagine walking into a neighborhood in the States, setting up near the community water pump, and then bathing the kids in the community?
I mean, we set up for car washes…but kid washes?
But we did…and they loved it…
And then they made their way over to where they would get fed, each brought their own bowl and spoon, and they got their meal.
I don’t know how many meals they typically get.
But I don’t think our arrival was expected.
And there was not a single parent that came and said they would spoil their appetite.
So…I don’t know.
But it makes me wonder.
After their bellies were full, they dispersed fairly quickly.
Maybe it was time to go inside.
Or maybe they got what they came for.
Maybe they just came for the food.
Maybe they were there just waiting for someone to bring them something. Maybe their parents had trained them for that.
Maybe they came from families that were fully capable of being in a situation other than the one they were in.
Maybe we were just another hand-out.
I don’t know.
I don’t know any of these things.
And I’m really only voicing them because well, the Lord is showing me that I don’t have to know.
I mean, I could ask some questions.
I could probably find out the answers to most of them.
But He’s telling me not to.
Because on this day, at that time, I was just asked to bathe and feed some kids.
There are going to be other days when I see kids that need to be bathed and people that need to be fed…and on that day, it might not be me that’s asked to feed them. It might not be me that’s asked to bathe them.
On that day, they might be asked to feed and bathe themselves.
But I don’t have to worry about that day.
I just know what I was asked to do on this day.
Sometimes I feel like we can err on two sides of this topic.
We can try and fill every need that we see, feeding all those that need fed…
Or do the other extreme that I usually fall to, and question what they’ll do after they’re fed…and we question it so long that we miss the opportunity…
And it’s not even the opportunity we thought it was…
We may only see it as an opportunity to bless a kid or person with food.
When in reality, it’s a moment where He’s seeing if we’ll be obedient.
To hear His voice and be obedient.
So, to look around and be overwhelmed by the needs…Or to look around and criticize why they are in need.
Both can hinder our response.
And the response is what we’re responsible for.
We’re not responsible to feed every kid.
And we’re not responsible for solving all their beyond-the-surface hunger problems.
We're responsible for doing what He’s asking us to do.
Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.
Sigh…what a God. 
