Fellowship is sweet! Time around tables and food is intimate time to laugh, listen, learn and love...it literally levels the field, we are together! Been a great 4 days of VBS...finished up yesterday (Thursday) with long goodbyes and longer hugs. Makes us long for heaven where we are together w/o barriers of language or culture...it's simply JESUS!
Here are some reflections from Kim...
Thursday….today families were invited to the campus for the closing ceremony, games, fun and food! They got an extra special lunch today!! The kids performed dances and a skit for us today ❤️, sadly today was our last day at the school. While walking in, I was overcome with emotions. We pack the Seminary up and headed to school. While waiting for the kids, Kim will you return was asked, a quick yes, a pause and it was clear I had more to say but couldn’t; emotions overcame again. Sitting at the table we have called the Mission Table as it’s where all the kids gather when we are there, many good conversations happened around this table and it the shady spot on campus, I was overcome with emotions again. At the end of the day, I was once again emotional. This year was such a different experience. This year, the goodbyes were a little harder, a little deeper and a little more relational. As a disciple of Christ, we are sent to create more disciples but today man….these kids are the ones teaching us about thankfulness, gratefulness, and what it means to be community. I will leave this with you. I was so dirty at the end of our day, I can’t tell you the last time I was ever so dirty!! As I was standing in the middle of the campus take a video, a girl, Tatiana, came and stood by my side; I couldn’t get her to smile but she wore a dress for today’s celebration. She saw how dirty my legs were, squatted down in her beautiful dress, in the sand to wipe my legs clean off the sand, leaves and dirt that covered them. All I could think of was Jesus washing feet; she cleaned my legs as though Jesus washed feet. She didn’t do it for a reward or for praise, she just simply did. I pray she always has a servant heart to be a witness as she was today…we are all worthy of that kind of love. Today hit a special kinda hard….❤️🇬🇼❤️🇺🇸❤️
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