Craig asked us tonight in devotions if we had seen someone cry this week. Every hand went up. Then he asked if we had seen someone cry every day. Many hands went back up. The last question was if we had been moved to tears since arriving.
We are working with people in extreme poverty and difficult situations. It is true we see love and joy they extend to each other, their community, and to us. It is also true we see tears well up in their eyes when asked what they would like us to pray for, or what they would want more than anything. Food for their family, money for the children's schooling, health and strength to work - are their answers. Our eyes fill in response.
There is some we can do to help - food sponsorship, wheelchair, house build, medicine, school sponsors - and some we cannot do. But we can share the message of God's love, hug them, pray for them, and cry with them.
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."
Marcy
We are working with people in extreme poverty and difficult situations. It is true we see love and joy they extend to each other, their community, and to us. It is also true we see tears well up in their eyes when asked what they would like us to pray for, or what they would want more than anything. Food for their family, money for the children's schooling, health and strength to work - are their answers. Our eyes fill in response.
There is some we can do to help - food sponsorship, wheelchair, house build, medicine, school sponsors - and some we cannot do. But we can share the message of God's love, hug them, pray for them, and cry with them.
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."
Marcy
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