I'm Still Alive

Hey everyone.  I am still alive.  I know it has been a while since my last blog post.  Life is FULL here.  We have a team from California here right now.  As busy as a team is, I LOVE IT!  Introducing people to BG and watching their hearts become open to the children is a pretty awesome thing, and I don't use the word awesome lightly.  I think some times people think everything is awesome, but I am learning the true meaning of awesome.  If something is awesome to you, you stand in awe of it.  I have had some pretty awesome moments the past few weeks.

Since I already mentioned the team, I will start with them.  The team is mostly high school and junior high students.  It truly is awesome to see high school boys running around the play area with children crawling all over them.  It is pretty awesome to see them building relationships with the community kids through a soccer game.  For example, today we took them on a fun day away from campus.  When I got back to BG, I put my things away and then went to check on the children.  Some of the students were in the houses feeding the children, not because they were told to, but because they wanted to help.  Seeing people love on the children that I love makes me stand in awe.

Also, the video I made about the 12 new children, has put me in complete awe.  It is awesome to see other people, from many different countries using it as a tool to help these precious children.  I am humbled by the gift God has given me for the videos and I give Him all the praise for what is being done with them.

Another "awe" moment I have is with the team of people I serve with.  Bryan and Anita, not only are great directors of this place, but they truly have hearts of service.  They reach out to so many people with the love that God has reached out to them with.  It is am honor to serve with them and bring joy to other people.  There are so many moments throughout the day in which I sit back and wonder what I did to be so lucky to serve on an amazing team.  It is awesome.

Friends, God is so good.  He is the one thing that is truly AWESOME. Everyday I stand in awe of Him and the love and joy He has given to me.  May His name ALONE be praised.

I have one prayer request to tell you about.  We have a child at BG who is very malnourished.  He has been with us for a while, and just can't seem to fight whatever is going on in his body.  Tonight, myself, the nurse and the house mothers are starting "Mission: Fatten Him Up."  I will be doing the feedings throughout the night, and the house mothers will be doing the day time ones.  This is to give them a break from everything else they do at night, without the pressures of his high needs.  When I was here in 2010, I did the same thing with another boy, and he is now very healthy and living in Canada.  I pray this new mission has the same result.  Thank you for praying.

Search for the awesome moments in your life and worship God in them.