5 days....

"Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you." James 1:27

I consider it a huge blessing to be a spiritual role model for over 80 students a day. But, I've always felt like there was more I needed to do. After all, God does tell us to "GO" doesn't he? I've been ready to go, and started praying really hard for the opportunity to go. I've always had a heart for orphans, and I can remember telling people that ONE day, God was going to send me to work in an orphanage. There have been many opportunities come along for missions that would allow me to go, but for some reason or another, nothing ever fell through. BUT GOD made a way recently.
"E-Dawg, you adoptin?" This was the response I got from all 4 of my classes after expressing how excited I was about going over Thanksgiving Break to work in an orphanage in Haiti. "No, I'm not adopting. I'm going to share my love with the kids since I don't have any of my own." Can you believe after that response, the majority of my students began inquiring about bringing clothes, toys, or writing letters for the children in Haiti? WOW God! What a beautiful heart these students have.
It's hard for me to believe that I broke the news to my students over a month ago. Now, here I am 5 days away from departure. 5 days away from landing in a country far away from my family, friends, and comfort zones. 5 days away from the opportunity that i've been praying years for.
"You must worship the Lord your God and serve Him only." Matthew 4:10
My prayer for this trip that God is glorified through every action that is taken. One thing that keeps being stressed, and I know it is God talking directly to me, is that there will be NO SCHEDULE. If you know me very well at all, you know I have an agenda for each day. A schedule of events. We were told at our first meeting that Haiti doesn't pay attention to time. Whoa. My prayer since then has been that my attitude is not one that is distracted because we aren't doing certain things at a certain time, but that my attitude is humble and focused strictly on the interest and needs of the sweet children.

"Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."