I know one of the things I expected for this trip is that my heart would be broken by the people we encountered, I just didn’t know how much it could hurt, would hurt, did hurt. Today was difficult, one of the hardest I’ve faced.
Today, I looked into the eyes of children as tears streamed down their face, as they cried out in pain and they continued to cry even more. Even harder still for me to handle…what the source of their pain was…I was the source of their pain, as were the jiggers that covered the soles of their feet, from their heels to their toes. The jiggers could even be found in their fingers, in the palms of their hand, the knees of one so young who crawled in a home infested with even more jiggers.
Why do I tell you this? I tell you all this because this is what God told me to expect to have my heart broken and as one wrote a prayer on my blog, “The Lord will grow your heart in ways you never thought possible.” As a team, we decided to buy shoes for these children. These children whose mother left them and one woman has taken them in, all 4 of them and 3 of her own. This woman has done what the Bible asked by “taking in the orphans”.
Today, hurt. Today, tears were held back as I brought tears to the eyes of children. Today, I didn’t like being a nurse and yet God is teaching me as I learned I am more than just a nurse of my lil’ ones. The nursing skills God has given me have been stretched and with them I have been utilized in environments out of my comfort zone. Answered prayers, blessings.
Prayers needed:
1. Team's health and safety
2. Provision of finances for our support accounts
3. Understanding and patience in the cultural barriers we experience
4. The struggle between my heart and my head (God's working)
