Even when you are far away...your heart still aches when you see them...
It has been 5 months since we returned from Tanzania, and we sure miss it! We love the people, the way they smile, and wave as you go by...the happy chatter, even though they don't have much. It really make life here in America seem unimportant. I know it is important, and that God really does give me opportunity every day, even in America. It is His desire to reach ALL, but it just seems like we are so spoiled. We take so much for granted! We live to spend our money...we don't even know how many people are out there hurting and dying of AIDS, and even if they are not dying, they are affected! When will we open our eyes and our hearts to the lost and destitute, the widows and the orphans who have nowhere to turn? I hope these next few photo's will at least open some of your eyes to the possibility of changing this world for at least a few pchildren who need help. Let me challenge you to find a child who is orphaned and hurting, and pray for them, write them a letter, send them some money or clothes or toys, try to visit them...who knows, they could become the next president of their country, a doctor who finds the cure for AIDS, or an inventor or great humanitarian...just because you took the opportunity the God gave you to touch the life of a child!
posted by Brent F at 7:07 AM
3 Comments:
That was awesome! It made me (almost) want to pack up and go! Just so you know though... God is using you and your family right here in America! And those kids, they are neer going to forget the American family that spent three weeks with them! Thanks for being willing to be used by God no matter where it is!
You are so right about the need there and how much we have here. There is certainly opportunity to answer the call here in America. We have been blessed over the past several months to have a Mom and three children to pour out love and blessings on right here in the USA. We get to love on them and feed them and help them in many ways. The other day the Mom said how thankful she is. All I could think of was how much more we are blessed by our relationship than they are. It is truely a blessing to be God's hands and feet!
As a mom I want to hold those kids and take ALL their suffering away, but God is teaching me that He truly is the "Father of the Fatherless". I feel so honored to have had an opportunity to spend time with them and show them love...
Thank you for being open to the Lord and for taking us half way across the world to find "our African children".
Watching you with those kids,and ours, reminds me of how much God loves me and how totally in love with you I am...
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