I quickly learned how unappreciative the people in the community were. I do not believe their intentions were bad but it was how they were raised, it’s all they knew. They were used to handouts, they complained about things given to them, threw the empty cups on the ground we just picked up the previous days. I found myself struggling to serve them night after night but I continue to for Jesus. I am serving undeserving people, the struggle grew and the bitterness towards them grew. Christ served undeserving people, people who spit on him, people who insulted him, people who crucified him. Jesus came because He loved us, because He loves me, someone completely undeserving. I don’t deserve His grace, His mercy, His forgiveness, His sacrifice but He gave them to me anyways. With this on my heart I continued to serve in the Bagot Community and my heart started to change for them. I worked harder and smiled wider.
I met many Christians in this community with radical stories and life changes. It amazes me how God works in people’s lives and how strong His hope really is. I met a man who has spent his life drinking, using and selling drugs, and has spent his last 7 year in and out of jail. This year he met Jesus, this year he hasn’t been in prison, he is now completely sober. The Lord freed him of his addictions in one day and although he is surrounded by temptation everyday, all over his community and home, he chooses life with Christ. A lady who met the Lord after loosing her 6 year old son, she now has the hope of meeting him again in heaven. I met a teenage boy who attempted suicide at the age of 9 and lived a life of addiction until meeting Jesus through a vision in hell.
This month has been a hard serving month, not physically but emotionally and spiritually. The Lord has taught me how to love and unlovable, serve the undeserving and show compassion to everyone.
