FULL SURRENDER

The past five weeks in Swazi have been like nothing I’ve ever experienced before!!! Days full of very high highs & very low lows. It’s so hard to put into words but a continuous thought that comes to mind whenever I reflect on the time I’ve spent here is surrender. Our weeks are packed full of an outpour of ourselves & we are dependent on one thing & one thing only, Jesus Christ. I’ve learned in more ways than one that the Lord is calling me to something higher & my mindset is beginning to shift in major ways!!! I’ve witnessed firsthand suffering, early maturity, lack of resources, spiritual warfare, signs of abuse & neglect, & overall heaviness across this community. However, the Lord uses these trials & burdens in so many ways, for His glory. The joy, the songs, the laughs, the tickles, & the silly faces endlessly point to a father who loves us & has compassion on us! There are sooo many stories to share but the main one that has stuck with me is the time I’ve been able to spend with a boy who has a mental illness at our care point. God had set it on my heart to be a witness & friend to this boy every time he arrives. He doesn’t speak or comprehend much & his body is out of his control. As someone who has a sibling that has experienced a lot of the same struggles this hit home for me. He doesn’t have the resources to get the care he needs. No schools in the surrounding area will accommodate for him. & he is outcasted & misunderstood among his peers. But the Lord has urged me to be there for him as a light in the darkness. The main thing this experience has caused me to dwell on is what it looks like to lay my life down for the sake of the gospel!!!! Which is something I will continue to think about for the rest of my time on this Earth!!!

Galatians 2:20