I remember the first time I walked into the classroom. I stood at the front of the class and stared into their deep brown eyes. The voice in my head said, “What have you gotten yourself into?!”
I am not an English teacher.
I have never even been in a classroom with kids over the age of four.
What was I doing here? Why was I placed here?
The funny thing about God is, He always knows exactly what He is doing.
Over the past three and a half weeks, I have fallen in love… nine different times. I can’t even begin to explain it.
I am not an English teacher.
I have never even been in a classroom with kids over the age of four.
What was I doing here? Why was I placed here?
The funny thing about God is, He always knows exactly what He is doing.
Over the past three and a half weeks, I have fallen in love… nine different times. I can’t even begin to explain it.
Maybe it’s because of how much we have laughed together.
The boys’ mentor, Pastor Ed, told us that the boys have been coming up to him at different times to tell him they have laughed more in the last month than they have their ENTIRE lives. That’s huge.
Maybe it’s because each of their stories have broken my heart.
These boys have gone through more than most people have to endure in a lifetime. They have been raped. They have been abused. They have been neglected. They have been rejected. They have been sold. They have been homeless. They have been forced to sell themselves to pedophiles, just so they can eat the next day. I love them because love is one of the only things they have yet to experience.
Maybe it’s because when I see them, I can’t help but have a huge, corny grin on my face.
Maybe it’s because they have an unexplainable joy, that’s hard to find.
Maybe it’s because they dance and worship God with more passion than I see in some entire congregations.
Maybe it’s because they have overcome living Hell, without even knowing about Heaven.
Maybe it’s because when I catch them smoking, they hand me their cigarettes to break in half.
Maybe it’s because every day they use their best English to tell me Good Morning, and ask how I am doing.
Maybe it’s because I was placed here solely for that reason.
My ministry this month was to love.
These boys have changed the rest of my Race.
These boys have changed the rest of my life.
Please pray for my team and me. It is going to be hard for all of us to leave these boys. And please pray for the boys. They have already come so far, but they have SO much potential. They are going to do great things for their country and for God.
