We're Spreading Our Wings and Flying!

"There goes my hero, watch him as he goes..."

-Paramore

Well with growing up comes saying goodbye to all of my lovely guy friends and watching them go off to these cool places to serve the Lord. -Jealousy!!- Ohio, Romania, South Korea, the Phillipeans.... Just to name a few. A few months ago, (I may have mentioned this already) I decided that while all of the guys my age were off becoming who they need to be, I would do the same.

Hopefully next summer (most likely the one after...) I will be off to Africa to volunteer my time to people who need it most. I have done a little bit of research and where I would like to go most is either Uganda to work in an orphanage, or to Ethiopia to teach English in a school. I think I would rather go to Uganda, since I have been to Ethiopia, but I would love to go back to Ethiopia. I cant think of a better way to spend my time off of school while I will either be doing nothing or working.

Here are a few pictures I took while I was in Ethiopia 2 years ago.

The people there are amazing. They take nothing and make something of it. I wish I was that kind of person. Fortunate people look at the people of Africa and say it makes them feel sad for them. Then they forget the picture. I think people tend to shy away from things that make them uncomfortable and looking at extreme poverty definately makes fortunate people uncomfortable. By no means am I saying we should drop everything and move there to help, but we dont need to ignore it either. Maybe all we need to do is learn from them.

These people are truely happy. I will never forget the smile of a little girl running down the road to see us. She had no shoes and had probably never seen herself before, but she had the most amazing smile I had ever seen. That, was a happy girl. The Lord doesnt punish His people by where he puts them. He just puts different people in different situations. Dont we all have trials anyway? In the scriptures it says "Charity suffereth long..." and it also says that charity is the pure love of Christ. If your life is made of charity and long suffering, is there any way you could not know some form of Christ? It may not be the exact person I study the life of when I read the scriptures or go to church but God does not forget His people. Charity is charity, no matter who preforms the act. I believe God loves all His children, no matter what circumstance they are in.

I hope I can learn this by giving what I can and opening myself to become a way for the Lord to help His people in need. After all, the Lord answers prayers through other people.

Have you answered a prayer today?