What has this past month been like?
It’s been
joyful. It’s been hard. It’s been draining.
Even during the hard
times our team has went through God has been teaching me more about love.
best through experience. It’s been hard
at times to accept that God doesn’t speak to me always directly through the
Word, but it’s through people, places, and a little singing, and dancing.
It’s funny because I wrote in my journal a few weeks back
that I needed to really start studying in the Bible what true hope, joy, and
love is.
I was slightly
discouraged since I feel like I don’t always understand the Bible a 100% or
know the history behind it – it discourages me from reading it.
Jesus knows me though
and even though I was not putting forth the effort to follow through He taught
me through Mama Rita. There may be a
language barrier, but she is a woman who exemplifies joy and love not only in
her personality, but also by what she does.
I have always read about taking care of widows and orphans,
but I have never really seen it put into practice. She is a widow herself and lives in a tiny
two-bedroom house and cares for 22 orphans.
She welcomed us with open arms and was so hospitable to our
entire team. They fed us meals better
than they would prepare for themselves.
They gave us the best they had. And it wasn’t possible to not accept it
because that would be stripping them of their way of blessing us and expressing
their love.
Living in this community was amazing! Mama Rita took these
kids into her house even though she barely has anything herself.
This truly spoke to me about the love God has for each and
everyone of us.
Through experiences
like this, maybe – just maybe the scriptures will now become even more alive,
living and active to me.
And I will be
inspired in a deeper way to take the time to learn and study more about my
faith.
