Lord i don’t want to rush on ahead
in my own strength
when you’re right here
I’m not in a hurry
when it comes to your spirit
when it comes to your presence
when it comes to your voice.
I’m learning to listen
just to rest in your nearness
I’m starting to notice
you are speaking.
Lord i want to love like you
I want to feel what you feel
I want to see what you see
This month we were helping in an orphanage. With 24 adorable kids doing life for one month. It was the most beautiful glimpse of heaven on earth. But let me start from the beginning.
We got to Ethiopia Airport in Addis ready to start our new adventure but for the second time on the race I got stuck at the airport because of my visa. Somehow for my country the visa was not available. So the only way to get into the country was that someone from the organization that we will be working with in Ethiopia had to requested some days before my entrance to the country and we didn’t know. After some hours trying to talk to the immigration officer in charge, some calls with my organization in states and a lot of prayers back home and also from my whole squad that by the way have been loving me with an unconditional love I have never seen before, we (Me and 2 of my squad leaders) were able to wait at the airport for 2 days (weekend) until my visa could get approved. So basically we spend New year at the airport hahaha. But one more time I was able to see his faithfulness, goodness and monday morning after 2 days sleeping on the cold floor at the airport I was able to go out after my visa got approved and I was completely ready to receive what God had for me.
3 hours to get from the main city to the village and compound where we will be serving for the rest of the month and I still have goosebumps when I think about it because when we got there my teammates were waiting for me but also the whole squad and the kids at the orphanage. I remember I saw the door opening and everyone running towards me to hug me and welcoming home!. They had lunch for me and a pile of letters on my bed. Was the most beautiful act of love and friendship that I’ve never seen before. A glimpse of heaven! Can you imagine how it would be when we go back to our real home in heaven!!? If people on earth loves us how more our father’s love is for us 🙂
It is just beautiful to see how He always make sure that just when I think my heart will crumble he is there holding me and that I cannot do anything but as I let the lord strengthen me I know there’s nothing He cannot accomplish in my life.
That day I was able to play and meet some kids and for the rest of the month we were able to serve in a lot of areas like making bricks, moving dirt, teaching english, movie nights with the kids, soccer time for 2 hours everyday at the afternoon after all the kids are back from school, christmas party for the kids (I’m gonna share about them on my next blog STAY TUNE!!)and just loving on them everyday.
It’s crazy because as many of you know my heart is completely in kids, and mostly orphans and every time that I have to say goodbye is so hard! Because there’s always in my mind those thoughts about ” Theres some more that I’m not feeding, reaching, or loving” But this month God has been teaching me One is enough and that His love is eternal and will stay with them forever. Even if we are not there the seed that we left on their hearts is enough and how we loved on them as if they were our kids is priceless and will remain in their hearts. I don’t know what God has in store for me in the future but definitely my prayers are that I can continue helping others wherever I go and just learning more about Jesus character and his love and how to pour into people’s hearts as they have been doing it with mine.
