An Eventful Day

Hello everyone! I apologize for the delay in blogging. The power went out last night and unfortunately my laptop battery does not last long so I decided to skip on a post. Today the power is back on and working fine, well to the best of its ability! Today was a very eventful day, and one I will not forget for a really long time! The morning and afternoon were pretty much the same, wake up, watch kids, lunch, VBS, but this afternoon after VBS I went to visit Rachel and while she played some of my touring choir music on the piano I sang along. I've been practicing as much as I can but still finding it a bit difficult to learn without my lovely choir friends singing along with me. This helped me so much and it was great to join in song with her! After my singing sesion I walked over to the hospital with Locksley, Shiloh, Becky and Jack. Jack and I passed out coloring pages and crayons to some of the kids in traction. It was a moment full of happiness and yet sadness, it was great to be able to give each kid a page and crayon and watch them look at it curiously. It was sad in a way undescribable also, they didn't know what to do with it. They stared at it until I took a crayon and showed them what to do, and after that they would only color a section and think they were done. American kids don't need to be taught what to do with it, because it's part of our culture it comes naturally. Yet here are these kids, sitting in a bed for weeks on end while their bones heal not knowing what to do, when us white people come with something so strange that they almost don't want to touch it. I literally had to show the kids what to do with them and have a translator tell them what to do. The smallest things, that we see everyday, are foreign to the people here. The hospital here is so different, I can't stop comparing things and it saddens me. Yet, among the saddness you find rays of hope. Hope that is laced throughout this hospital, this community, this country. Unending hope that their God will still be beside them no matter what. It really has strengthened my faith, more than one can imagine. These people who are completely different are actually the same as me. Just a soul borrowing an earthly body soon to be reunited with our glorious creator! These people have taught me so much and I've grown to love them and their teachings. The little kids that come up to touch your skin, the babies who sometimes cry because they've never seen a white person before, the women who love to hold your children, the young men who make sure the kids don't bother you to much, the people who speak English and take time to talk to you, the people who help you learn new Kirundi words, the people who help you and your family get stuff together, the people who are nonstop kind to you no matter what your skin color. They fascinate me and show me love daily. A love I've never known before. I've met so many kind people, language isn't a barrier, it's a connector. A connector that brings people together in curiosity. These people have shown faith in ways I've never seen before and daily amaze me with their commitment to Christ! Thank you God! Well that somes up my Holy Spirit lesson today! Below are some things I would like you all to pray for! Goodnight all!

"Sometimes your heart breaks, but it is in those moments that you feel the hands of God holding it together." -Nina Wilson Asking prayers for the people here in Burundi, but specifics prayers for 3 people: 1. A set of NICU twins, they were born premature. Their mother is not supplying enough milk for both of them so prayers that there stomachs would be full of God's kindness and love. 2. A woman whose face was burned off. She went through surgery today so they could try and save one of her eyes. Pray that she never loses sight of our God's grace. 3.The kids in traction, they do not have legitimate casts here and surgery is not always an option. Therefore they are taken to a room and stay in bed with a wrapped leg, arm, hand,wrist..etc. for weeks upon weeks. Pray that when it's all over they still walk in the ways of the Lord. Much love from Burundi!