Day 6 (really day 8 but we skipped a couple)
Monday, July 16, 2007
Today was a very good day. It went perfect in fact, flawless. I love so much to spend time with those kids. They just play and play and they’re all smiles. Today it was my turn to teach the little ones. I had to teach them about Jesus today. Now I went into this thinking “ oh man this will be a cinch” but oh how I was wrong. Imagine trying to teach a bunch little kids who don’t speak English. Now imagine teaching something as complicated as Jesus in 15 to 20 sentences with no big words. It proved to be a little harder than I thought. But it turned
The thing I’ve focused the most on this trip is being love to those kids. I want to embody the gospel and be what love should be for these kids. The lord has blessed me so much and has filled me love and joy and now I pour that out on these children.
I doubt that these kids will remember what we talked about this week but what they will remember is how a bunch of crazy white people came and loved the heck out of them. That is my mission.
I think I should tell you about a little boy named John. John is about 6 and he is one of the most beautiful little boys I have ever seen. His smile is infectious and those little eyes just warm my soul. John clings to me, he like a little monkey and he even climbs me like a tree. This kid John makes me so happy but at the same time very sad. You see he and his brother live with their aunt, their parents have both died. John deserves everything; he is innocent yet he is trapped in absolute poverty. Its times like these that I ask God, why. I’ll never understand why such a beautiful person must suffer like John does. All I can do is trust God and carry on doing what I’m here to do. So I’m going to love the snot out of that little boy and trust him to God.