Living life in the Philippines has been an incredible blessing.
Every day here has been the best day of my life because I get to spend it with my Lord, Savior, and Best Friend. I treasure everyday because it is a gift from God.
Leeches:
9 racers…4 trail guides…The Jungle…no shoes…and 2 epic waterfalls
It was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen. The whole time we were hiking all I could think and even say was ‘is this my life?’ Here I am walking through the most beautiful jungle, no shoes on, it’s raining, and every direction I turn I am surround by the Lord’s beauty and glory. And the waterfalls, I can not even try to describe what I saw I really have no words. Imagine sparking blue water and a canopy of tropical trees up above, cave of wonders, and a raging waterfall, it looked like something our of the movie FurnGully. If you ever doubt the existence of God just take a look around you. I think for so many years I didn’t see God but I realize now it is because I wasn’t looking for him. And how could I find something that I wasn’t looking for? But I love in Jeremiah 29 when it says you will find me when you seek me with your whole heart, and it’s so true if you seek God you will find him.
The day after we went to the falls my eye was itching. So I started rubbing it. I felt like something was in my eye and so I went to remove the thing that was in my eye. At first I thought I was just removing an eye booger, but I could not have been more wrong. As I pulled our what I thought was an eye booger I noticed that it began to move. I immediately through it to the ground and we all realized that I had just removed a leech from my eye. A leech was in my eye and I didn’t even notice. But such is life on the world race.
Vomit and Diarrhea:
My main ministry this month has been working the toddlers and babies and I have loved every moment of it. Every day I spend with them I understand more and more what a challenging but rewarding job motherhood is. Each shift that we do is 8 hours, and for that 8 hours 2 of us are responsible for 8 children under the age of 4. It can be madness at times. My last evening shift was by far my most eventful shift:
I was reading my book and I hear someone throwing up. I look in on the toddlers and LoLo is crouching on his bed barfing. I take him in the kitchen to clean his face and hands and then I see it, a diarrhea explosion in his pants. So I get him showered, clean clothes, and back into bed. A few moments later little Leah wakes up crying. I pick her up and realize the diarrhea is seeping through her clothes! So I cleaned her up and put her back to bed. Not too much later in the night baby Caleb gets sick and barfs up milk all over himself and his bed. And again we just get him cleaned up and back to bed. The night was pretty action packed.
I don’t love changing diapers and I don’t really enjoy cleaning up vomit but I love these children and because I love them I don’t mind doing these things for them. And there are so many precious moments that I get to share with them that don’t involve changing a diaper or cleaning up a mess. I get to sing them to sleep at night, and I get to hold them and tell them how much they are loved until they fall asleep in my arms, and I get to see their faces light up when they get excited about something. They are worth it. And being with them this month has taught me so much about myself and God. I’ve learned just a little bit more about God’s love because of these children and these babies will always hold a special place in my heart.
