I have left my heart in almost every country and God has restored it so that I can give it away again. We only have about 10 days left in Bangalore, India and I’m already dreading the good-byes. I’ve cried thinking about having to leave. I don’t want to leave these precious children.
This month team .APEX is in Bangalore, India working with Jireh Children’s Home. I love children and I was really looking forward to working in a children’s home but as I mentioned in the train blog I was not looking forward to India. But as many WR Alumni say, ‘it’s the country that you’re looking forward to the least that you are changed the most and end up loving the most’. I knew this but arriving in India I was thinking there was no way that I would leave loving this month. But God has really shown up this month. I have been stretched more this month and it has been uncomfortable but it has been good. My heart has broken for every child at Jireh. I love every single one of these children, God’s children.
We have worked with other ministries this month (AIDs home, Drug addiction center, other churches) but my favorite days are spent just hanging out with the kids. We have spent many nights in the dark < the power goes out here multiple times a day> just worshiping Jesus. We pour love into the kids and the pour love back into us. I absolutely love hearing their laughter. One night a few of us spent a few hours on the roof of the home with kids on our backs or shoulders and laughter filled the air. I have never heard children laugh so much. Those laughs will stay forever embedded in my heart. This was also the night that Naveen claimed me as HIS Auntie. As I carried him on my back he kept telling me that he loved me. If any other child tried to touch me he’d say, ‘No, this is MY Auntie Alicia’.
