Last year I went on a mission trip for 2 weeks to Uganda, where we worked in a orphanage and primary schools and helped build a new pharmacy for the local medical clinic. Working in the orphanage and primary schools I learnt so much!
I had an idea of what I was going to expect when I was out there, but when actually out there, it was soo different!! As soon as we stepped of our bus which had arrived at the orphanage, the little children and toddlers came running towards us and honestly, as lovely as it was to give all the babies a big hug, it was heart wrenching. I didn't want to be able to give these kids hugs, and i didn't want them to be desperate to have our attention and love. I wish that i didn't have to go on that mission trip and i wish that i was stuck at home with friends.
Why is it that there is so much devastating poverty in our world today?! One story that stuck out for me, was a 6 month baby girl at the orphanage. When she was born at a hospital with her mother, she was kidnapped and taken away from the hospital where her loving mum was. The police found the kidnapper, but they couldn't find the mum, so they put this little baby girl into a nearby orphanage. There could have been a loving beautiful mummy for this gorgeous girly, but now, she will be a orphan forever, with such a hard future ahead of her.
Last night at my church youth group, my leader was talking about igniting your passion up again, no matter where it is because NOTHING is impossible for God. What God is calling you to do, you should go and do it, because NOTHING is to big for god. This really inspired me to just trust in God, and I am waiting at the moment to see where God wants to take me and what he has instore.
"Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen,
Show me how to love like you have loved me
Break my heart from what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
As I go from nothing to
Eternity"
Whatever he wants me do, I will go, because by the grace of God, he can do anything.
Trust and his will be done
xxx
oh Africa, my husband and I just spent Sept and october of this year in Mozambique and South Africa. We miss it with our whole hearts. As we are preparing for long term missions, our hearts are comforted by all of our memories.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear about your experiences and more about your upcoming trip!
it's such a beautiful place! My family live in South Africa, and I am really desperate to go and visit them soon. I could go straight away if I could, haha.
Deletethe memories are awesome and i can't wait to have a load more... so watch this space!