Hey guys!
It’s Kristin…tonight’s blog post is brought to you by me!
Real quick…Want to wish my mom a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Love you
mucho and we’ll just say you’re turning 40 again. <3
Anywho, today was an awesome day. We finished up our final
day of teaching at the academy and spent our last day in Sweet Home. Our team
rocked it here at the academy and even stepped up when a bible and physics
class had to be covered at the last minute. Erin, Steven, and Sarah used the
opportunity to pump up the students one last time. Apparently, Sarah was the
MVP of the day when she decided to teach physics and school Erin and Steven on
the subject. For a brief moment, the students got to know what it was like to
make paper airplanes in class and not get sent to the principal’s office. All
in all, our team handled it once again and never stopped loving on the kids.
As for our team in Sweet Home, what a day! We actually had a
day where we spent the entire time with the kiddos. It was some kind of wonderful.
No matter how many times we see their smiling faces, we can’t help, but run and
throw them up into the air; never wanting to let them go. Today was filled with
tag, wrestling, way too much dirt in the mouth and even a few vampire bites,
but it was all worth it. The later part of the afternoon was full of fun with
our kids from the OVC camp we had last week. It was such a blessing to be able
to see these kiddos one more time before we left. You worry that maybe they've
gone back to their everyday life and left us behind, but these kids love us
like family; I hope that will never change.
With all of these kids, both in the academy and in Sweet
Home, it’s such a humbling experience to see that they have practically
nothing, but love life and love us unconditionally. We tend to spend our time
wondering about and yearning for a way to help them escape, but they are such a
beacon of God’s love in these communities. As I've told my team, we are wired
to solve problems and that’s ok, but it is these experiences that God calls out
and says, “Just wait and see what I can do.” Although we look at a big picture
and at what we could possibly provide these children back home, Christ looks at
the biggest picture and looks at what these kids can do for Him.
Today was filled with laughter and tears; hugs and goodbyes,
but this story isn't over. I think that’s where many of us stumble. We spend
months are years planning for these trips and expect these huge God moments,
but sometimes we forget that He likes to speak in a gentle whisper from time to
time. So many lives have been touched, that it is impossible to not see that
Christ‘s kingdom is here and now. These experiences are only the beginning!
As hard as it is going to be to say by to such beauty, I am
excited to share what Christ has been doing first hand. Although, I am definitely buying a vacation
house in Cape Town…if I magically win the lotto.
I love you all and thank you so much for supporting our
team!!
Love much!
Kristin
You are all great writers! The Lord has touched so many lives, yours, the people who live there, and all of us reading your words these many days! Can't wait to hear what happens with these precious moments for His kingdom!
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