Day 3: Saturday Morning - EMOTIONAL
Today I believe I experienced every emotion known to mankind. Our day started out by visiting another project with some older children. This project had been around longer than the first we had visited and seeing the difference Compassion has made in the lives of these children was amazing. We met a boy named Robert who prayed for us, our families, our trip and that we would be good stewards of Christ and come back to our country and have the right words to speak to our listeners about Compassion. This beautiful prayer came from the mouth of a 15 year old boy! He certainly is no only attending church and bible study, but deeply in love with the Lord and soaking up His word. He is destined to be a teacher or a pastor...I just know it. They were learning about Valentines Day and how God loves us unconditionally and they made us cards, which I will forever cherish.
Our trip leader has a friend who sponsors a little boy named Jason in Honduras. John had sent some special gifts for Jason and arranged for Jason and his mother to come and spend the day with us. Seeing Mark and Jason meeting brought tears to my eyes immediately.
This little boy knew John. He knew details about him and had a relationship from across the world with him. He had made a card for him telling him how much he loves him and thanks him for sponsoring him. It was beautiful. We later found out that Jason's family had just lost their home to a fire and Jason's Dad had left his mom and 4 children. It was heart wrenching, but there was joy in this child's heart!We took Jason and his mom out for ice cream, and Jason, who probably never gets treats like this ordered the biggest cone he possibly could.
But when Omar, a street vendor who was selling flowers on the streets of the big city at the age of 8 years old, came walking in and Jason saw him, he immediately gave up his ice cream to him. It was truly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Here is this little boy who has nothing. His house burnt down, his dad left but he sees this boy who is his age, all alone selling flowers in the streets and gives up his special treat for him. Praise God for little disciples! And praise Him also for the sponsors of these servant children being raise up for The Kingdom of God.
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