Hey! So I know its been awhile...sorry. I recently went up to Canada to a reservation to do a VBS for kids. For a week. Our team was great and we had lots of fun! It was a great experience but very heart breaking. Seeing all the kids and how they live is terrible! A lot of the kids are left to fend for themselves everyday and don't feel the love from the parents that they should. The houses are so rundown and the roads are a disaster. These children need so much love from anybody so that why we share the love of Jesus because He can fulfill that need. At some point we would get pretty angry at these kids because they got so bad but in the end you just have to keep telling yourself that you don't live the life they live. They seek attention, either by jumping on the van bumper, pelting rocks at our heads, or even just wanting a hug. They just want more love.
Proverbs 22:6 ESV
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Matthew 19:14 ESV
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
Coming back to America and seeing how we live compared to the their living is astonishing, and actually quite depressing. It takes a couple days to debrief from all of it. You think of them constantly and you just want to go back! As we wait for the next time to see them, all we can do is just pray that these kid's and parent's eyes will be opened!
Okay!!! There is my mission trip "ranting" :) Also I wish I had pictures to share! sorrryyy
*Tobinthia*