I get to go again, woo hoo!

Ever since I went to Malawi in October 2007, I have wanted to return. Not to vacation or for any other reason you might normally think. I experienced God in a way I never had before. I saw Him in the eyes of the children with no parents, food or clothing. The love for God radiates from these children, they have nothing yet they have Him. So who really has more? Many westerners go there on the pretext of helping yet they treat it like a vacation. Some go once and never come back. I want to go back and dance with the village women, sing with the children and pray with the people. I really feel God there beckoning us to join Him, to come alongside His people and help them help themselves. They don't need us to tell them how to do things, they just need God and for us to walk alongside them, to support them. God wants them to experience real christianity through our love, not just our money. So as He beckons me back, I run into His arms, saying yes to what lies ahead, knowing I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And in the process knowing I will never be the same and I am grateful for that fact!