Christ, He Teaches

06/18/2012
   My eyes are opened. I am taken aback by how little I had seen and knew before. Lord, I know the vision you have planted in my heart is only just beginning to grow. I didn't know exactly where to begin or how, I only know that I wanted to help. And I praise you for giving me the wise words through your child, Simon. When we visited the first school at Kakusi, I was completely overwhelmed and I could feel my heart leap with a peace and joy that I have only dreamed of. Simon told me that the man who started the school, Michael, was a pastor who he had told three years before, "Begin before you are ready to begin. Begin from nothing." Michael had such a joyful and gentle spirit. And his staff was eager to serve. It was only three years ago that he had started his school., beneath a tree. And looking at how far they had come was incredible.
   Yet, although my heart praised you for this miracle, it also broke for the silent child who watched from a distance on the limbs of a dead tree on the ground as the children learned. I asked Simon if he was in the school. And he said that he could not afford it, but still desired to be in the environment with the others. He desired to learn. For our mere $20 a month, he could attend school for three months.
   That's when it hit me. We have been so blinded into thinking that hunger and health are the most detrimental problems for this country. But just as Christ came to teach us, we have forgotten that these people desire to learn and to have the knowledge and the opportunity to be creative. They hunger to become a generation that can learn and grow. We never stop learning because Jesus desires for us to be wise and learn to live with peace, comfort, joy, and all the fruits of the spirit that will lead to His Kingdom.
   My vision is growing rapidly by the second. "Big things begin from under a tree." Said Michael of his primary school.
   I want to build a community where kids can learn and be creative with their thinking. A community with a clinic, a seminary, a school, and a place for these people to live and grow in Christ. And although the idea may be unbelievable to some, I know you are in control. Guide my mind, guide my spirit, and guide my heart. Help me to not be so selfish and to teach others of your love. That is what our world needs, the love that teaches us and guides us to become stronger people; just as you have done for us.