Staff Gifts

I do not know if I can even put words to my day. I had the best experience and want to tell you all about it, but you would have had to see and hear it to fully grasp the depth of it. To give you a little back story, my church along with another church donated the 56 boxes on the container that we received in July. In these boxes, there were tons of items for the kids here at Beautiful Gate. So, when the leaders of the mission trip that is here now asked me what they could bring. I suggested that rather than collect a bunch more things for the kids, why not bless the staff instead. The response from the staff was just amazing.

There was a purse/ bag for each staff member and it was filled with items like lotion, gum, combs, shampoo, conditioner and R20. Each staff member was called up to receive their bag and many of them danced up there and made a big deal of their gift. After they had their bags, we pulled out a solar power bible for each staff member and the response was incredible. A group of women jumped up and began a dance and sang praising God while waving their bibles in the air. It was so incredible that it brought tears to my eyes.

When is the last time we received such a small gift and praised God with all our strength and sang and danced before the Lord. It was a holy moment of true worship and I am blessed to have been a part of it. At the end of the celebrating, Christina told them she had one last gift and that gift was Bryan and I. She said that we are family of Haven church and that she wants them to accept us into their Beautiful Gate family. Which of course brought more tears to my eyes as many of the staff came and hugged me and thanked me. It amazes me how grateful they are and is a lesson in gratitude and thankfulness to me.
Have a blessed day,
Anita