This past week a large part of my squad and I have been planning a VBS for the children in the refugee camp that we have been ministering to since we arrived. We’ve been teaching them songs and telling them Bible stories all the usual VBS stuff. We have probably about 70 kids on average everyday and they are so so excited to see us and play with us everyday. It takes so much more out of you when they so excited and demanding of your attention. I was so worn out the first day I didn’t know how I was going to continue the rest of the week. I struggled with what the Lord really had planned for me. Every one of these children needs to know they are loved individually by the Creator of the Earth. How in the world am I supposed to tell them all that when I can barely speak Spanish. My heart has always been for children/teenagers and I know that is where the Lord has called me to minister.
In my frustration of not being able to save the world I asked the Lord again “what am I doing here?” And after a long talk and some tears He said “You are called to the one” and He’s told me that before but it’s never really hit home for me like it did this time. One person at a time, one relationship at a time, one child at a time…
So i took it to heart this time and the Lord has shown me one child everyday since then that I am called to love and minister to. I pray that as I hold them, play with them and pray for them that they can feel the real kind of Love that the Lord has for them even if we don’t understand eachother half of the time.
I’m still not compleatly sure what “you are called to the one” means but that’s what I’ve got so far.
Please pray for me and my team as we minister together in this devistating refugee camp and that the message of a real relationship with the living God and salvation wouldn’t get lost in translation.
