This month for me had some really amazing moments at the care point me and my team worked at. One experience I wanted to share was our last day at the care point. When we first got to the care point it broke my heart to see how these little kids are so dirty. They had holes in their clothes, some had no panties, and they were covered in dust/dirt from head to toe. I have never seen such poverty before. Kids have always had a special place in my heart, specially preschool age. Even though the kids were so dirty they captured my heart right away. My first instinct was that I wanted to clean them. I wanted to wash them and give them clothes that didn’t have lots of holes in it. I knew that I couldn’t do that. I didn’t have a way to clean them, and that was really hard for me to accept. That night I prayed and I felt God tell me to wash their feet. So in the morning I continued to pray and felt that on our last day I should wash all the preschoolers feet. Yesterday was our last day. So in the morning I packed my extra towel, wash rag, and body wash to take with me. When I got to the care point I mentioned to my team I felt like I needed to wash the kids feet at some point before we leave. We had a few things to do first at the care point so we did what we needed to do then had lunch. After lunch when we came out of the room all the kids were gone. There is around 15/20 preschoolers and we could only find 5. My heart went into my throat because I thought I had missed my chance to wash the kids feet. I knew that I was supposed to, but didn’t know why the kids left. We hung out for a little while and next thing we knew the main leader of the care point drove up. He brought boxes of Toms for us to pass out to the kids because they would be coming back. We had no idea we would be passing out shoes. Slowly the preschoolers started coming back. As they arrived I set up a washing station and one by one I washed each of the preschoolers feet. When they were clean they went into the room to get a new pair of shoes. It was so amazing to see how perfect it all worked out. God used me to bless the kids with clean feet, while he blessed them with new shoes. It was humbling to wash the feet of the kids. As I cleaned them they didn’t know how to react. Some smiled & laughed, others just stared because they probably didn’t understand why I was doing that. At one point one of the little boys,after he got his shoes, came to help me. He would lift up and hold the kids feet, then help me pat them dry. Other kids started to do the same after seeing him help me. Through my actions they could see how to love one another. I was so beyond blessed to be used to share love to these children! They will always have a place in my heart. I wished there was more I could do for them, but my job is to love them. My role is to show them that even when we leave God will always love them. While we worked at the care point we taught them about generosity. I really enjoyed seeing them worship and teach them about how much God loves them. I’m sad our time at the care point is over, but overall I was truly blessed by the experiences I had. Thank you everyone that is supporting me on the journey! I have been so blessed during my first two months. Next week we leave for South Africa. My team will
Be staying in Port St. John. I will update everyone after we have arrived and have a run down what ministry will be.
