These chidren amaze me more and more every single day!
Children with no parents, no food, no shelter, no clothes – smiling ear to ear with the joy of the Lord radiating through them. These children teach me more and more everyday about how to have joy in any circumstance no matter what.
Ever since the first Saturday I can't get these two little boys i met out of my head.
Saturdays we play with Compassion sponsered kids, but these two particular boys were street kids – barely any clothes, who knows when their last meal was, and had no parents present. They must have been 2 and 5 years of age and the most precious things ever.
I wasnt able to talk with either of them because they couldn't really speak English, but i met the littlest boy in the saddest way – he was walking around balling so I picked him up and he immediately stopped crying. My heart melted! Then literally 5 minutes later he was sound asleep for the next two hours in my arms. My heart just broke for him because all I could think about was how starved he was, not just physically but emotionally, because all he wanted was to be held and loved.
The day was wrapping up and it started raining like crazy so everyone ran in the church and Caycie and I were sitting inside with these two brothers and the older one starts crying and we ask someone to ask him in his language what is wrong and he was saying he had to go home – so me and Caycie walked them home in the pouring rain, not knowing if this boy even knew where he lived and this just broke our hearts. These two little boys to fend for themselves at such a young age. We eventually got to their "home" which was a could pieces of scrap metal and sticks and we walked back. After that we both couldnt stop thinking about them and how broken our hearts were for these two precious boys
I will never forget watching this 5 year old boy guide us and his little baby brother home probably to an empty house, with no warmth, food, clothing or love.
Every child I meet has a story and it usually is a heart breaking one. All i can do is love them and pray for them. God is definately starting to really break my heart for what breaks His.
Oh how He loves us.
Micah 6:8
