Coming into this month after traveling overnight on a ferry, a night on two planes, and one night and two days on a train we were asked to pray into this month and what we felt the Lord wanted us to do this month ministry wise and what our role would be. Before we even got to our ministry site the Lord had really put a burden on my heart for the Indian children here, seeing them beg on the streets truly broke my heart and I kept asking the Lord how I can reach out to them without being that white person who provide them with money they don’t even get to keep. I felt like the Lord wanted me to have love and compassion for these kids, that’s what they need most they need to know they are cared for since they are looked down upon by many and not shown love or that they are special.
So while praying into what the Lord wanted us to do for ministry I k
ept seeing me hold a sick child in my arms as he had his arms wrapped around me. My heart broke for the children here, and I felt like I was supposed to serve them and be in a children’s home.
Now for those of you that didn’t know I have been praying for an orphanage for the last ten months praying that God would place us with precious hearts that don’t have parents and we would be blessed enough to spend a month with them. I thought coming onto the race that’s what we would be doing most months so I was eager to start the race. Then month by month I was told we wouldn’t be doing that, and I knew that the Lord has given me that desire for a reason and the gift of love and compassion so I wanted to use it.
So it is out last month and I wanted to make the most out of it that I could possibly make. I wanted to use all the things the Lord has taught me this year, I wanted to use all the gifts he has blessed me with, and I wanted to fulfill the desires on my heart which I knew were given by the Lord.
So we were told we would be planting a church this month with two other teams, and we would have to raise support and we could do anything we would like to children’s ministry, baptisms, washing feet, discipleship, and basically anything else you want. However four other girls and myself strongly felt that we were supposed to be at the children’s home, so we worked out a schedule with our teams so we would still see them and be in contact with them during our last month.
So for our last month on the race and only 18 days to go myself and four other beautiful ladie
s will be spending majority of our time at a special needs children’s home getting to show love, compassion, and self-worth to 90 beautiful children. These kids come from government run orphanages where they were not getting proper care, but once taken in by the home we are working with they are no longer orphans they become family and they are all given a new last name which means Jesus. Some kids have CP, autism, spinal Biffa, prosthetic legs, deaf in both ears, clef lip, and some just aren’t growing as fast as they should. But every day I get to wake up knowing I am going back to the home where I get to hold precious miracles in my arms all day long, I get to love them and see them smile which of course makes me smile they light up my day. These kids are absolutely beautiful and I cherish every moment with them, it was the perfect way to end my journey around the world.
Please pray for us as we finish up our 11 month and start to head home, pray that we would stay focused on India and not life back at home, we would have increased strength daily to help take care of these children, and that the Lord would continue to teach us.
