Lately my mind and heart have been so distracted, preoccupied, and just simply not here in Virginia (if that makes any sense). In less then 2 months I am getting on a plane, leaving the comfort of everything I know here, and flying to Pemba, Mozambique.
There I will be working in an orphanage along side an AMAZING woman of God and her husband, Heidi and Rowland Baker. This is something that has been burning in my heart for over a year now and am finally seeing it happen. I'm going, I'm actually going! Wow.
It is hard for me to express how full my heart is. I have such a longing to be there and to be there now. I have been looking at pictures from the orphanage for months now and even though
I haven't met any of them, the precious children of that orphanage have completely captured my heart. Honestly, I am not going there with the expectation to change anything or anyone, but with high anticipation to be changed myself, changed by love.I read a book months ago by Heidi Baker called Compelled By Love and it wrecked me. I wish I had the book with me to quote, but basically she talked about seeing the face of love, God's matchless and boundless love, in the face of these children. I cannot imagine what that looks like. I want to wrap my arms around those little ones and never let go. I feel a relentless burden in my heart for not only the children of that orphanage, but for the people of Mozambique.
Dirty, dusty, unbathed, I don't even care. On May 28th I will be on that plane to exactly where I know that I am supposed to be, Pemba, Mozambique.
this is incredible.
ReplyDeleteI really like the part about seeing the face of love. The fact that you are going to hug those kids no matter how dirty or sick they might be, reminds me of how people would flee the sight of a leper, but Jesus embraced them and healed them.
This is too exciting! God is going to move in you and with you! You're so fortunate to be able to go! I've always wanted to be sent! Is the couple you're going with from your church? I'm sure you have a lot people praying for you, but now you have one more! How exciting that you can say, "Here I am, send me".
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