Hi guys
Ok so i know im rubbish at posting! and in a month this is my second post...but i will try and bring you up to speed!
so, i havent been as busy as i am used to out here this last month, but i have been taking as many oppotunities as have been offered to me. it has been interesting, and challenging to look at some exsisting projects, and too see what is being done here! there is however, alot of places that there is no help, and no-one doing anything, these places really broke my heart, i have visited a community of around 400 families and they are living constatly in drity water...in some places up to the ankles, other places up to the knee...as i stood calf deep in water among these people and spoke to them i felt their untter dispair...there is a scchool available to some of these children, but the parents cant afford for books, pens and pencils and uniform for them, and also cant keep the belongings dry! i sppoke to the mothers who selflessy said to me "if you come here pleae do something for our children, therefore they can better themselves"
I made these people only one promise...and that was that when i was in sri lanka again i would visit them...me (and the interpretors i took) are the only people who have ever been there to ask these people how they are doing, the joy on their faces was worth more than i could explain...and was definately worth getting my shoes wet for.!!!! these people are playing on my heart, and if i can simply offer school supplies for their children, a big difference could be made!
I also visited a special needs childrens home (Budist...there are NO christian specials needs home in sri lanka) this project is running very well, and has plently of donors helping them, some of the childrens disabilities however are shocking, and the interprtors i took with me were eveidently shocked as they had never seen such things...i realised God prepared me for this kind of thing along time ago, allowing me not to be shocked bt the image of these children...i have been exposed to this kind of thing for the last 5 years and i am so thankfull! i had a cuddle with a 10day old baby, who had been abandonded becasue he wasnt propaly formed..i cuddled him, and fed him his bottle...he was just the size of my hand, and had been left becasue his grandmother didnt want him bringing shame on the family...
the project are doing there best for these children,...but how can u cuddle a baby as much as it needs when there is only 3 members of staff to around 15 babies...my heart went out to them, but i dont feel this is a project i could do much for....they are getting alot of help!
there have been some good oppotunities out here this last month, and i am going to have alot to think about before any decisions are made.
i want to thankyou all for your prayers and support
I have certainly missed being regular at lexden these last 4 months....but i should be back for a good 4weeks or so now!
Thankyou so much
Love in Jesus
Beth Daisy
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