India is not what I thought.
We probably won’t see the Taj Mahal, we go to the bathroom using squatty potties, drivers honk incessantly with the weirdest sounding horns you can imagine, it smells very strange here and the wifi is not good.
God checked my team and I last night and this morning with our unconscious expectations and confronted us with what He is doing in India. God is moving in amazing ways! We are here for that. For Him, not our sightseeing or comfortability. Not for us. We are here to seek out the lost, love on the forgotten, bring healing-hope-love, and bring the Kingdom.
It took a 55 hour travel day to get us here, but we all survived the amazing food from Qatar Airways, don’t you worry! 😉
Anyway. Our ministry starts tomorrow. My team is with one other team from my squad, so 13 of us total. We are working at an orphanage for children with special needs.
These kids have been abandoned totally. The government is giving the ministry children because they see how effective this home is. These kids are already among the lowest caste and being with special needs, they have somehow fallen even lower.
Needless to say, they have received little to absolutely no love from anyone, ever, throughout the totality of their lives.
It is so heartbreaking to walk into a room filled with kids who have never known the affectionate touch of another human. They are loved by the “ayas,” the women who work with the orphanage and other volunteers- but that is all.
We need prayer desperately. Not only are we in a very dark state (Andhra Pradesh) and nation (India), but we are loving on children who have the awful circumstance to be classified as unloveable and untouchable. By the way, Andhra Pradesh has
Those are the chains we will be breaking this month. We are declaring over them that there is nothing ‘wrong’ with them. They are beautiful. They are loved by the Father who made them. They are going to be cherished and lavished on by us this month and we don’t have the strength to pour out completely, to die to ourselves.
It was very hard to be there today, to see the kids. But once I got over myself and saw Jesus in them, it was so easy to love and be like Jesus to them. All the other teams left today for church planting. Our whole squad needs prayer. I am excited to love and pour out completely and die to myself for these kids who the Father loves oh so much!
I will post another blog once I get it typed and have wifi that will be about Numbers 6:24-26 and how God is using that verse for this month of ministry.
Love you friends and family. Please keep praying and keep donating or I will not be able to continue on this amazing journey with the LORD!
I have $6,142 to go!
