saturday.
it’s already been a week since we arrived in Uganda but for me it felt like a month. i felt so at home there and aside from a period of about 30 minutes one day, i loved every minute of it.
it was weird going into the last day with the kids there. the kids that needed our love and presence there. our joy to flow into their lives. and we needed them. something about their demeanor was contagious. their attitude was uplifting. but they desired so much out of a world that would only chew them up and spit them back out. that would continue to trample all over them unless God stepped in and did something about it.
but for me it was in these thoughts that i realized God was doing something about it. he was stirring up a hornet’s nest of fury inside each one of the students on our team, myself included, that would ignite such a desire to change this broken situation. a desire to bring such a radical love to such a dark place. a desire to follow God to the ends of the earth bring His love and His hope and His joy to those who need it most – NO MATTER WHAT.
the last day at SMK’s was not as hard as it was for the girls. they were a mess and really struggled with the idea of “why are we leaving? we are blessed with things and they are blessed with nothing” where as i was thinking and struggling with the idea of patiently waiting to come back. i knew i’d be back. i knew that this was only the beginning for me but it was a matter of patiently waiting on God’s timing and plan for me.
the week at SMK changed me so much and opened my eyes and mind to the meaning of loving the poor and oppressed. never can i go back to the way of thinking i had before.
amen.
