God loves me. I feel His presence. My heart is full. Although, it aches for the people of this country. For the last two weeks I have been staying at Kids International Ministries in Cainta Rizal, Philippines. It has been a full two weeks of ministry. There are a lot of ministry opportunities.
I am sitting on a balcony, a tropical wind is gently blowing around me, evidence of the typhoon in the area. This morning I was having breakfast outside with a filipino woman and I commented on the beautiful weather and she told me of the typhoon which is affecting most of the Philippines. I look over the balcony past the compound and I see a family squatting down over the ground in a tin shack and think how blessed am I.
A couple of days ago we went to a “feeding”. We drive to a location and serve food to the people there in need. That day we went to tent city and that is what it was. While the feeding was going on I walked around and talked to the people about the recent flooding and they were eager to show me. Some of the flooding has not receded and people were using rafts to get around.
These last two weeks I have been asking God, “Why am I here? What are you doing in me?” God is igniting my passion for people, and showing His love for me in the process. I have seen that people can be filled with joy when they have nothing and that God is good even through my own anxieties and fears. I have seen much in this short time at the Philippines and I am so excited for what God has for me this year.
