A new orphan showed up today. He is 3 years old and is handicapped. He has no mobility in his spine, he can’t talk, and he can’t swallow solid food because of some complication with his throat. He is so so beautiful. He smiles, he laughs, and he rolls all over the place. Today was my first day with him. Honestly people with special needs have always made me a little uncomfortable, but God is changing that completely. I saw so much in him and I had a lot of crazy thoughts. After we prayed for him he was smiling from ear to ear and laughing so hard. I totally believe that he was with the Holy Spirit. What if he sees the Spirit sitting in the room with all of us? What if he is confused why we are praying for him? What if we actually looked at him and thought; “Wow God made this beautiful little boy and he is very good”? I mean that’s what God said when He made Adam so I bet God said that when he made Rebira. Mentally and physically this little boy would be considered behind, but spiritually we can’t see, only God can look at the heart. What if all our desires and intentions are wrong, what if God’s desire for this little boy is for him to walk side by side with the Holy Spirit (Comforter) all his life and show others God’s love through his beautiful smile. These are some thoughts I had regarding a little boy who showed up to HOPEthiopia a few months ago. He played an incredible roll in my spiritual growth in Ethiopia and I will be posting another blog within the next week sharing more about him and how he impacted me.
Sorry for the lack of blogs in Africa. Blogs will now be able to be posted weekly for the remainder of my trip and I have many more blogs already written so multiple blogs will be posted most weeks. Thank you all so much for your love, support, and prayers! I cant wait to be able to contact friends and family from home more often now that I am almost in Central America! Love you all and God Bless!
