Monday, Me, and Emma
Yesterday was a very interesting day. I attended my first bible study lesson yesterday and I love it. Jill is our teacher and she is awesome. She's American and has been living here for a couple of years now. She's married to a Christian Ugandan Man and has a beautiful son named Luke. Our bible study is entitled Reflecting God's Journal and its such a great study. Its 2 hours long every Tuesday; we spend the first hour reviewing the last weeks lesson and an hour reading and sorting through the new material. This week our lesson is entitled "She Continually Grows." This lesson was basically about how we should always be growing and maturing in the Lord - never allowing ourselves to become dormant in our spiritual lives. In this weeks lesson we compared our spiritual complacency and growth to the life of a plant. Its a very interesting comparison and very understandable. To say the least I cannot wait to go back each week and continue to grow and learn in our study. After bible study I came home and cleaned up my room and did some laundry. After that it was time for the boys to come home. I love them so much and they're always so excited to see me; it makes me feel loved and appreciated. Abby's mom has been here for the past 8 days and today she was leaving so I helped Abby take her mom's stuff to the hotel. I took a boda boda all by myself, I even bargained prices with the guy. I was so proud ; ) I got back to the house and I helped the boys with their homework and we played cards then it was time for dinner. After dinner it was prayer time and I noticed one of the boys wasn't there. I said where's Davis and everyone was like he's sleeping. Which I thought was really weird. Davis never sleeps at 8pm before prayer. I just assumed they knew what he was doing so I left it alone. After prayer I went to my room and Moreen my roommate came in and was like Davis ran away. I was so surprised I knew something weird was going on but I couldn't put my finger on it. Davis is the last boy in the house I thought would ever run away. These boys are all street boys, they all have lived on the streets for some time in their life and occasionally they will run back. Why I don't know? In my mind I ask myself why would you want to go back and live on the streets without a roof over your heard, a bed, no food, no one that loves you? Why would you want that when you can live in a house filled with people that love you, care for you, teach you about God, and want nothing but the best for you. I talked to Abby about it for a while today and she said the majority of the time the boys come back begging to be allowed back in the house. Every situation is circumstantial and is treated differently. However when the boys run they do have consequences some are even not allowed back in the house. My prayers go out to Davis that he will come back and we can figure out what was going on in his head, what made him feel like he had to run? It broke my heart when I found out Davis was gone. I care about each of these boys so much and I want nothing but the best for them, from what Abby's told me they have all come such a far way and are continuing to grow in the Lord. I just pray for the work that's being done in the house Lord. These boys are all so special and wonderful in their own way, but their young and have a lot of spiritual maturing to do.
Love always, Carla
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