July 21,2011
Thursday. I can’t even believe that our week is almost over. The Lord did some amazing things in the hearts of our team and among those we are ministering to in the Batays (villages). God has challenged us to a newer level of living for His Glory and what that looks like in each of our lives. One way that the Lord has challenged us is in the way that we us our talents and abilities that He has given us to reach those that need Jesus. One of the girls in our group has a medical background, which has given her a different perspective on some things. Seana had the idea that our group put our money together and buy one of the village’s shoes. The team agreed and collaborated on how to make this happen. Today, when we went to the village, we were able to line the kids up from the shortest to the tallest (even the little ones that could barely walk!) and measure their feet. This was an interesting task because the kids don’t really know how to make a proper line or stay in some order without pushing. We took paper and had the kids step on the back and drew a line to measure about how big their feet were. After we left the village for the day, we went to the local “Jumbo”-grocery store- and purchased 35 pairs of “croc-like” shoes. The team was just beaming as we were thinking of specific children who would wear the shoes. As I walked away from the store, I was filled with this overwhelming feeling of the goodness of the Lord. For about $150, we were able to put shoes on an entire village of children-in Jesus Name. No longer do they have to walk the paths with broken glass and rocks with their bare feet. They have shoes.
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