Hey guys, it’s amazing to think that i’m only 4 weeks away from coming back home. Kenya is awesome, every day God is working through our team and molding each one of us into His image. God has been putting a lot of stuff on my mind ever since we’ve started focusing most of our time in the hospital and IDP camp.
It seems that wherever our team goes, there seems to be atleast 5 kids behind us pushing and shoving trying to be the one to hold the white person’s hand. This happens more specifically at the IDP camp where our main ministry is going hut to hut to pray and encourage those who are living there. When we go there what we usually do is bring some candy for the many kids who are walking with us.
There was one specific incident that really caught my attention and really made me understand why God calls us to live our faith out as though you are a child. As my group and I were walking back from one of the houses I decided to give a piece of candy to one of the kids who clung to me that entire day. What I expected was that he would go to a corner and eat this piece of candy that I’m sure he rarely ever had the money to get. But that didn’t happen.
Immediately after I gave him that piece of candy he ran to his little brother and pushed him over to me hoping that maby I would have another for him. So, I gave his little brother a piece of candy and kept walking. As I was walking that same little kid caught back up to me and resumed holding my hand.
Not to long after this happened an even smaller girl, who was walking with another person, started holding out her arms after noticing I had some good stuff to eat. Without hesitation this little kid who was holding my hand, who rarely ate anything but ugali and beans all day every day, took out the candy from his mouth and popped it into this little girl’s mouth. It was at that moment that I looked at my own life and thought about the countless times when I had a whole bunch of food, more than I could even eat, yet refused to share with others.
This little child who had barely anything thought of others more than himself, and without even thinking did something that showed me why we should become children of God. Everything I have in this life is ultimately God’s possession’s that He has blessed me with. I’m beginning to realize that in order to grow closer to God it’s essential that I think less of myself, stop being selfish, and start to help those who are in real need.
So this is just one of many things God is showing me through this trip, I already feel like I have a new perspective on things and I can’t wait to share them with people once I get home.
Until next time, see yea!!
