Tuesday 8/23

Have you ever wanted to let loose and just sing and dance and raise your hands in the air simply because you belong to Jesus?  Because God loves you even though you were once a selfish, unloving, unforgiving, ungrateful, obnoxious mess? (And still are some times😐😑) Realizing that you deserved nothing but He has given you life and made you a new creation in Him is beyond comprehension. He is so faithful and so good and He loves me no matter...  I am humbled and grateful to Him beyond words.

Today we went to the project house and shared a time of worship and praise with the girls. Matt was asked, unexpectedly, to give the sermon and he preached on Matthew 6:24-34.  These verses are Jesus teaching us not to be anxious.  Beautiful verses and ones we all need to hear but so very important for the girls to remember at this time in their lives. They will need to trust His words in these verses because they will most certainly be faced soon with some of life's most anxiety producing circumstances. Pray with us, as God goes out with them, that they will recognize His presence and draw strength from Him. 

After Matt and I left the project house we went to the streets of Kampala. There, we spent time with some of the young karamojong children who spend every single day in the streets with their little hands out begging over and over for help. Dirty ripped up clothing and barefoot, but most have eyes that have not gone vacant...yet. We passed out snacks and water and flip flops to them. And they were happy. It is such a small thing to do and we knew it would relieve them only for a couple of hours of misery, and we fully realize that those snacks and water won't cure their starvation, BUT maybe, just maybe, the glimpse of love they got today will give them a little hope. Hope that love exists and that kindness does happen every once in a while. Maybe if people keep loving them bit by bit, day by day, they will begin to believe us when we tell them that Jesus loves them. They first need to see what love looks like. 

Matt and I aren't here doing this because we are such good people...

We are here because He loved us at our most unlovable and and gave us hope when we thought we had lost it forever. He has commanded us to reach out to the poor and to care for the orphans and widows. We are to be His hands and feet. And He knows I fail Him on a daily basis, but oh, how I love Him and long to serve Him. 

What you see in 91four is Him...not me, never me. 

"He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds."   Psalm 147:3

"The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble."  Psalm 9:9