More Q&A

Bridget Hyde told our team that a speaker discussing social justice at the Renovare conference, in Midland, said that the most important lesson he learned was that so much of his work was tied in forming relationships. Would our team agree with that? Have we been able to form relationships with the children?If so, how have those relationships changed us? Are we seeing the hand of God at work in our travels? And, are we learning how to keep in step with God's will by being imbedded in God's service?

"Sure. relationships - of every shape size and kind - are very important, at every level."

"Oh, yes, we have established so many relationships with children. Begining with eye contact, then working and playing with them, you get so involved, and their personalities come out."

"How have these relationships changed us? They have humbled us. They have made us realize all that we take for granted, and how blessed we have been."

"Children are the same around the world, and are such a joy to be with. And they inspire us. They hang onto you, they cling to you. They want the love."

"We have seen God's hand at work in SOOO many ways. One example was luggage headed for Mae Sot, loaded with relief supplies and gifts for the children, that were too heavy ..... yet, somehow, they were passed. And the fact that those bags are now empty, but we are loaded with so much in our hearts and minds, with what the people here have given us. Then there was a chance meeting with Ben Rogers, author of A Land Without Evil ..... and a meeting between Revernd Jerry Hilton and a boyhood friend (a longtime missionary in southeast Asia), their first face-to-face contact since their high school days in Missouri. These are just a few examples."

"As for your last question. O, yes! Wherever we set our feet, we are claiming that for the Kingdom of God."