I broke the rules of the world race, and I fell in Love!
They warn you at training camp not to! They tell you to guard yourself, and that every person of the opposite gender is OFF LIMITS for the next 11 months! Honestly, I wish I could have followed that rule!
I believe the rule creates genuine community, but I can’t deny that I let someone steal my heart!
It happened so quickly I didn’t even realize what was going on until his hand was wrapped around mine and he was looking sweetly up into my eyes. That’s right he is shorter than me, a good deal younger, and actually unable to speak yet! His name is Cedric and he is only 6 months old!
Yet, from the second I picked him up and felt his little fingers curl around my pinky I knew God had brought me to love this boy out of oblivion!
We are blessed beyond all reason this month! Partnering with KIMinistries here in Manila has already been one of the most fruitful partnerships of my whole race! In the last few days, we threw a shopping spree for a single teen mom, started devotions with 5 teens girls, participated in a fun run to combat local poverty, a tent village feeding, and volunteered at the orphanage where I met Cedric!
Cedric isn’t the only little one that I have fallen for! there are a handful of other “tots” (as we call them) that I steal away daily to play with at the nursery!
My heart is at home.
The ministry here has it’s finger print in the entire community and are doing amazing things to spread the LOVE of Christ to everyone!
Please take some time to read about KIM at their website http://www.kidsinternationalministries.org/ and begin to pray today how you can help them help others. Because I can testify first hand they are the real deal! They are being the hands and feet, and the kinds of steward we will be honored to have partnered with when we enter the pearly gates!
