This blog is about my time in Thailand, and how the women at Wildflower home captured my heart.
I’ve been wanting to write a blog about the beautiful women I got to serve with in Thailand, but to honor them well by using fake names as I’m not aloud to say their real ones.
First, let’s go back to 2017, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Victory Bible College. Who I was then, thought that I wanted to do interior design, but God had a different plan for my life. I had no idea what my passions, dreams or ambitions in life were. There was one thing I knew for certain, it was that I love to pursue the outcasts, the people others overlook because of a deformity, lower social status, or just the one person in the corner of the room not getting any attention. I wanted to be an evangelist.
I’m getting somewhere, just hang on…
I never thought I was “called” to women specifically. My best friend Danika was, and is for sure called to women of all ages, so I just thought that meant I was called to something else. Weird, I know, but I noticed opportunities to be an influence in women’s lives all the way up to the time I left for the race, 2 years later. I decided to say “yes” to those opportunities, and I loved every bit of it. A piece of me was thriving in the area of speaking into women’s lives, and I became passionate for the women all over the world!
(I can’t say enough about how much my 2 years in Tulsa prepared me for The World Race, and my relationship with Eric); That being said, don’t worry about whatever is happening in your life now that you don’t understand, because I believe God will use it for His kingdom in the future. So keep pushing on, and running the race God has you on.
Month 7, Chiang Mai, Thailand, The Wildflower Home. There were around 10 women who I got to work with. Some closer than others. The women there, were living there because of abusive husbands and/or families rejecting them. They’re there, because they were not loved the way Christ loves the church. And that’s where we came in. We got to show them Christ’s love, and our genuine love towards them for the whole month! I was truly thriving and living my best days! When you do everything withJesus, digging and shoveling dirt looks like laughing with the ladies, goofing off, having dance breaks, and learning Thai and English together. I believe we were able to show them that work can be fun.
I was thinking the other day how in high school (before I had a real relationship with the Father) I would say how much I hated people, and never wanted kids, because they’re annoying. WoWzers it’s amazing where God can take you from!
I LOVE PEOPLE SO MUCH! I love them, because I nowhave the love of the Father, and Holy Spirit living inside of me! So much so I squeeze, hug, and kiss all the little kiddos I’m able to, in ministry.
There were these 2 ladies specifically at Wildflower Home, Bailey & Nancy Jane, that seemed a little put off at first, but I tend to kill people with kindness when I can notice if they may not like me. I’d talk to them all the time, try to make them laugh, and say “I love you!” everyday! We were the best of friends at the end of the month, going on local market runs for fruit, painting their nails, doing their hair, and leaving with an “I love you too, Vanessa!” Ahhhh my heart hurts thinking of them. But, I rather it hurt knowing them, rather then not at all.
