Have you ever felt like your heart is living in 2 different places? You want to be fully invested in one of those places but it is so hard because you are just stuck between them. That is a little of how we are feeling right now. It feels so good to be home and to reconnect with those we love and have desperately missed over 2 1/2 years, but something is missing...
Today Mercy's best friend in Lesotho (from BG) was reunited with her Uncle. I have posted about this girl a few times before and I am so happy for her that she has a family member that she can go and live with. I hope he loves her, has the resources to feed her and has the care and discipline to give her the medication she needs to stay alive. We are far away and will never get to say good-bye and tomorrow I will share this news with Mercy and show her the last picture taken of her special friend. I hope that we can both be joyful and thankful for the time we have known her and not sad, but it is hard to miss it.
Today, one of our special little buddies has gone back into the hospital. I have also blogged about this little boy before and he has been in and out of the hospital many times since February. He has pneumonia and has been underweight and struggling with his health since he came to us. He is such a wonderful little guy that all of us volunteers at BG have fallen in love with (especially Terp) and while the nurses are hopeful that he will pull through, it is hard to miss it. I want to go to the hospital, hold him and pray for him like I used to when I was in Lesotho.
Such a strange feeling to want to be in 2 places at the same time and be fully invested in either one at any given time, but I do thank God for the break and that we can be home for a time. I thank God that He is faithful and that He loves the kids, staff and volunteers at BG even more than I ever could so this will be my test of learning to trust Him while I am away.
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