Thought I should send a little update since we’ve started our final month of ministry.
We’re currently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at Praise Emmanual Children’s Home. The kids have just started school again today. They had last week off for Deepavali. Our first week with them was rather eventful… complete with magicians, lady boys and a creepy clown version of Michael Jackson (who was hitting on my teammate, Erin, during a children’s Deepavali celebration that we went to).
It’s been a challenge to stay motivated at times since home is right around the corner (3 weeks away!) but the more we spend time with the kids here, getting to know them and learning their stories, the more I realize that I need and want to pour as much love on them as I can before we leave. I’m learning that raising children isn’t simply about feeding and clothing them… they need lots more love and attention than that to become the mighty men and women that God has created them to become. Hopefully God’ll use us in some way as a part of that process while we’re here.
Guess that’s it for now.
my squadmate, Lindsey, wrote a really good blog recently about this whole season of going home soon… check it out when you get a chance. It sums up what most of us are feeling pretty well…
