Our time in Mozambique was short, but it was full of memories to last a lifetime.
Transportation is not easy to come by, so stacking luggage and 27 world racers in the back of a flat bed truck for 12 hours was not unheard of.
We really learned the true meaning of ¡°getting close¡± as we were stacked in so tight it was impossible to even shift a leg that was falling asleep in excruciating pain.
However, our short troubles were quickly forgotten.
As we arrived at the orphanage in Morramballa, we were greeted by hundreds of kids, running after our truck screaming with excitement.
It was an image I will always remember, as it brought tears to our eyes to see the joy on each of their faces.
Our time in Morramballa was split up between hanging out and loving on the kids at the orphanage, and going to various refugee camps in the bush to distribute food and pray for the sick.
Each day we would load bags of maze into the flatbed, pile on as many world racers and various passerby¡¯s that needed a ride, and head to areas to distribute food.
A typical outreach would consist of bringing food, dancing with the locals, preaching, praying for the sick, more dancing, and sometimes we were treated to a special dinner (usually of maze).
However, most of my time was spent at the orphanage, where I immediately fell in love with a handful of the cutest kids in the world.
Each day we would walk the path from the World Vision compound we stayed at to the orphanage.
As we rounded the corner we could always look forward to a group of kids running to greet us and lead us back, beckoning us to play.
And play we did!
I seem to always bond with the little boys, so much of my time was spent throwing rocks, wrestling, playing karate, dodge ball, giving noogies, drawing in the dirt, dancing like Michael Jackson, and various other activities involving pain and mud.
It was here that I fell in love with the children.
I know that after coming to Africa I will never look at a child in the same way again.
If I had had the means to do so, I would have adopted them all.
But since I couldn¡¯t, I gave them as much of my heart, love, and attention that I could in such a short amount of time, in hopes that I could touch at least one life.
God continues to amaze me!
