Once upon a time there was a girl that the Lord gave a passion for the special needs of this world. As a 17 year old girl, the Lord literally made me fall into the gift that he unknowingly had placed upon my life. Ever since, he has given me a “TINY” passion for the children and adults of this world that he LOVES so desperately.
For those of you that do not know me, I feel this is important for you to understand my heart in the next portion of this post. For those of you that do know me, this is nothing new!
I was having one of those days where I was missing home extremely, and the Lord was feeling so distant from me. I had been distancing myself from everyone, getting lost in my own thoughts and emotions. I had recently made an observation that we had seen ZERO children with special needs here and my heart was aching. I did not want to let myself process the statement that was recently said to me, “Children with special needs are seen as omens in this country.” I was begging God to simply show me one! Just ONE! Just ONE BEAUTIFUL CHILD! I still hadn’t seen any, and we have visited 4 care points. I was beginning to think horrible thoughts about the things that could be happening to these amazing people.
My attitude was not filled with the joy of the Lord at all.
Then I hear Ruth say my name. I look up and I see the most beautiful little boy, nicknamed“007”. Tears begin to fall uncontrollably from my eyes!! I immediately jump up grab him in a hug and thank the Lord! This beautiful little boy not only has the most beautiful smile I have ever seen, but he has Down Syndrome. My heart explodes! I cannot control my emotions. Simply watching him eat his food caused tears to fill my eyes. I was a MESS! What a huge blessing on my life! The Lord answered my prayers in the most beautiful way and in His PERFECT timing!
The Lord reminds me constantly while I am here that my passions are His not my own! That He truly has called me to love His children all over the world. I want every person in this world to feel loved. EVERYONE of them. I want every child special needs or not to be able to attend school. (Here they are not allowed!). I want every life to be seen as beautiful because they ARE! My heart is pumped up! This is what I needed! My passion is reignited and since the Lord has periodically shown me more and more babies in the country who have special needs. They are alive and LOVED! My heart is currently filled with HIS joy!! So much beautiful joy!
