During my last week at Challenge Farm, Father God challenged my child-like faith!
A friend back home told me about prophetic art. She shared how God was healing people through paintings…
And I thought, "Well, we have one more week of art class with these children…how awesome would it be for them to paint something for the Lord?!"
I had my doubts….
Papa,
I don't know how to teach these children how to hear you. Sometimes I don't even know how to hear you myself.
What if you don't speak to them?
What if they think it's crazy?
What if they get confused and frustrated?
Trena,
The FAITH these little children will have for me to speak to them is the same FAITH you need to have right now that I will use you and that I will show up.
So we talked about different ways God speaks and what His voice sounds like. We taught them about the difference between God's voice, Satan's voice, and Our voice. We closed our eyes, prayed, and asked Father God to show us what He thinks about us….
This is what we got…
Allan painted Jesus
Isaac painted the tree of life
Brian painted a cross and a picture of him crying. He told me God helps him when he feels sad.
Geoffrey painted the dream God had given him the night before to build a church one day!
As the kids were sharing their paintings with me, I realized the small doubt I had that God would speak was pointless. He definitely spoke; and Father God didn't care if one of His sweet children drew a picture of a baby doll, or a flower, or a few scribbles. He is up in Heaven with the biggest and proudest daddy smile because of their pure child-like faith!
So it was a wonderful last week at Challenge Farm, and once again my heart was broken when it was time to leave. The freezing cold showers, sleepless nights in the UN refugee tent (with tons of ants that would never leave!), and ugali for every meal was worth every bit because of what I learned from these sweet children.
Now we are at debrief in Nairobi…waiting to hear what our new teams will be…and then we'll be heading into our last country in Africa…Tanzania. I honestly cannot believe I will be home in 3 months. Pray for E squad! I want to be refined more than ever in the time I have left!
Check out my lovely sister Katie's blog (one of the girls on my sqaud). She shares about her experience in one of the slums in Kenya and it's absolutely heartbreaking. Prayer warriors start praying!
http://katieballard.theworldrace.org/?filename=slumdog-worldracing
