Africa….. My final thoughts for now….

Our last day in the villages were amazing.  I remember sitting in our third village, surrounded by these beautiful, African people and felt so tangibly, the Lord saying, “Take this in.  Look at them and see beyond any physical need, their need for ME.”  He alone is the Living Water who can quench our thirst.  I wanted to sear their faces in  my mind, to see them and realize they are all sinners, separated from God, unredeemed by Jesus Christ.  I looked and realized, their eternity could be spent separated from God.  This was a thought I kept at bay most of the trip.  It is hard to look at them and see their spiritual needs, when the physical ones seem daunting.  The enormity of their lostness did not hit me until I was home, in my church, while worshipping the Living God.  The bleakness of their life, without the hope of Christ, hit me.  And, in that moment, I realized again, that their greatest need is for salvation that comes only through Jesus Christ.  Not food, not clothing, not electricity or running water.  And that, my friends, is why we go.  God is drawing people unto Himself in this beautiful country and although the harvest is not ripe, nor the workers many, the fields are ready for sowing the seed.

As we drove back across the country for 12 hours, I chose to not sleep, so I could take in this place and for a few more hours, be apart of this culture.

I will never be the same.

Thank You, Jesus, for that!