I’ve put all expectations aside and let this month minister to me.
The beginning of August I was suppose to be in Mozambique. We’ve had nothing but problems trying to make it into the country due to political reasons. I took it as a sign that The Lord wasn’t done with Malawi. So far I’ve met a lot of great people and I know God is doing big things because I’ve been so in love with the children we’ve been working with. (Normally the word children makes me nervous) because we stayed we got to talk to new people and pray for them. Just the other day I met two little girls that just wanted to sit next to me and hold my hand. This may seem like such a small thing but this really moved me. I thought wow, this is such a small, easy thing for me to do and it blessed my heart so much! I know it blessed their hearts too because they didn’t want to let go!
Since we’ve stayed I’ve felt the heaviness for Malawi and that there is a lot of people hurting and just want a small glimpse of hope. They’re so entirely grateful when they see a group of Americans walking through their village because they know we are bringing them hope. We sometimes don’t even have to say anything (mostly because we speak different languages!) they can feel that there is more and it’s God.
God has been breaking my heart for this country, and I always use to tell my family and friends one day I’m going to Africa, well here I am and I am loving every day of it. Africa is hard, it’s hot, it’s dusty, the culture is very different than what I’ve ever been use to and I love it. I love the people, the children, the language, the smiles.. It’s really changed my attitude about a lot of things. When I’m going through a hard time I look around me and I see people who have almost nothing with clothes that are torn to pieces and they’re laughing and smiling with such joy.
There’s been days where they were just tough but I was excited to go out and talk to people because they brought me such joy. It was The Lord and I’m happy we got to be here longer than expected.
