We apologize for being so slow with posting blogs! Internet access over the past month has been rather hit or miss, so we've been stocking up on blogs and will be posting several in the next couple of days. Thanks for your patience!!
Have you ever looked at your life and wondered why am I so blessed God. . . . ? For the first 2 weeks of our month in Moldova our team's ministry was to pour into teenage orphans. And through broken translation we were able to hear their stories. The differences between our lives was monumental! They come from broken families, broken truths, broken dreams, broken lives. . . How could I even relate to them, I grew up with family and friends that truly loved and supported me, in an atmosphere where dreams and happiness were encouraged. To be completely honest, there wasn't much of a foundation to start from. The only true way to relate to them was through love. . .
The orphan that really stole my heart was Sergui. Sergui is 16 and he has already been at the orphanage for 4 years. He is a very loving, kind boy, he just needs someone to truly love and lead him in life. He is extremely short (however extremely strong from working on the land) and undeveloped for his age. It took some time for each of us to figure each other out, but when we did, pure love started to blossom! We were barely able to communicate, but what we were missing verbally, we made up in hand motions, body language and smiles. Once we broke down the verbal barrier we really began to seek each other out. Whether that was during milking the cows together, sprinting across town at dusk to walk the cows back one night, working at the farm together or just "rough housing" while we were supposed to be playing a modified version of duck, duck, goose. It got really fun when he started flirting with my wife by giving me flowers to give to her. One afternoon he just followed us around town while Kelsey and I were trying to have some alone time, it was super sweet. We really took to Sergiu and it's safe to say that Sergiu really took to us. Through love I was able to connect with Sergiu and love him the way God commands to love one another. It was so difficult to say goodbye to him when we left knowing that we would never see him ever again. Leaving Sergiu was like not reading the end of a fantastic book, I'll never know how his journey concludes.
Remember the first line of this blog, "why am I so blessed God?", why did I receive a "better" draw in life than Sergiu? It's not as if I deserved or earned a better draw. It's purely based on God's blessing!! For those of us who are blessed, we should praise God for shining down his love on us. However we must also shower God's love to those around us who aren't as blessed. Showering them with love and prayer are the two best ways to support them.
Sergiu are you constantly in my prayers. I pray that you are safe and loved, and that God continues to move in your heart and that someday you are able to call him your Father. And that Father will never leave you, and He will ALWAYS love you!!!
