Besar, Allah ku!
Today I just returned from a mission trip in batam, We did many things over a short span of 4 days. Painted the walls of the orphanage into the creations of God, the animals, sky, day and night, and a cross in the middle with the children's handprints around it.
We planted corn and groundnuts, leaving in faith that there will be a harvest to sustain the orphanage. Played all kinds of games with them, ice and water, hop scotch, what's the time lion, simply swinging them around in the air and playing with them and alot more. The kids are SO ADORABLE. Simple minded and pure in thinking.
But above all that we've done, hearing the testimonies of Sun Han and Fina, and simply watching the children worship, is so touching. I remember the prayer of Yanti, saying "...thank you Lord, that we can extend our lives to this day..." Simply amazing. It amazes me, that Because of Fina's actions of living by faith, these children can be worshipping the Lord, be happy, go to a school even and get an education.
Before we even started I prayed that we would decrease, that the Lord may increase, that he would use us to do his works, according to his will. The reason is simple, Who am I to represent the Lord? I am nowhere near holy, nowhere near the level of the love of God. And it is not by my might that I can show his love to the children, but by the spirit of God.
I can say that leaving the children was the saddest part of it all, no one wanted to leave, the children cried, the team members cried, amazingly even the bus driver who was a muslim shed tears at the sight, and offered to bring along the children to the port and bring them back just so they can spend that extra few minutes with us. I was that close to crying, I know it even though I didn't because I never fought tears like I did today. Sun Han said that he has collaborated hundreds of short mission trips, but ours was different, that the emotions were so strong.
It made me wonder, how did we end up with such a strong bond with the kids? All we did was paint, plant, play and eat with them, we couldn't even converse much with them because of the language barrier. And we only spent 3 days with them, 2 and a half to be exact. It is this thought that I was affirmed that it is the work of the spirit of God. No way can we achieve this bond without the work of God.
Thank you, children especially Vito, Taji, and Titus. You have all been such an inspriration to me. Words cannot do justice to describe how I feel right now, and I miss you all so dearly already. My prayers will be with all of you, and I will definitely visit again next year. I will never forget you guys, ever.
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