I just want to open this blog with saying that God is totally ridiculous. The amount of love he has shown me these past 4 months has been incredible. The depth he has taken me to with so many people has been awesome. Basically all the blessings I have received are so astonishing. Coming into team changes in after month 3 was a bit crazy. I knew all along God was preparing my heart for something better and something deeper, but I didn’t know what. So Nepal ends and we have a mini-debrief. We all knew things were coming to an end and we had to say goodbye to our old teams. Then God blows me away again, I was asked to be a team leader. I knew that God had big plans for me on this race, but never in a thousand years would I have guessed I would have been leading a team. The place God has brought me in just 4 months is light years away from where I was when I left home. I can’t even try to describe how good it has been though. God has continuously revealed so many things to me and I know that he is going to do big things.
So now I am the leader of a team with all new incredible people. We are all from different walks of life, but we all have been brought together for a purpose. The things we are already going through are good. I know God has great things in store for us. These people are amazing.
Coming into this month I wanted one thing: to love more like God loves. So here we are in India. Our first month together so far has been so good. We are partnered with a big ministry in India known as ICM (Indian Christian Ministries). While here we are working at a special needs orphanage that currently has over 110 kids. The needs range from simple Tb to CP, downs syndrome, and anything else you can think of. I have never really been big on playing with or teaching kids of any kind. So that’s why God sent me here. He knew what I needed and he knew just how to provide. Who better to love than these kids who have never had anyone love them? The reason they are here to start with is because they are seen as curses and their families left them for dead. HEARTBREAKER!
Oh how he has shown me love and increased my love so far this month. I know that my joy and my strength come from him and that’s just what I draw upon everyday, because without him I would be overwhelmed. It is hard seeing these kids in this place knowing that they have been left behind and all they want is someone to love. I don’t even want to think what will happen when I leave this place; however I know that God has a place for these kids. I know that he is watching over them. I know that he will provide for them. It seems these kids have done more for me this month than I could ever do for them. They truly have my heart
