Its funny how you show up to a place like Africa and actually think your gonna change it and by the time you catch your flight back to the cozy comforts of america you discover that the place you thought you were changing has actually changed you. This trip has been one of my top trips where i felt God working in my heart. Ive been to africa prolly around 4 times but this time felt so much different. There are many things i wanna say right now but i’ll just mention one.
God reminded me of His heart for the ONE on this trip. There were at least 3-400 kids at the carepoint there in Mozi but for some reason this ONE kid named Shanteev just stole my heart and the feeling i felt everyday I would see him racing towards me from across the yard after not seeing me all day made feel in some small way like the Father of the lost son when he returned, the woman who found her lost coin, or the shephard who found his lost sheep. Shanteev made me only imagine the joy God feels over the ONE.
I love the phrase my lead Pastor, Dino Rizzo always says, “change the world by serving ONE.” The thing im beggining to discover is that it truly is all about the ONE. The question is…..Q. who’s your Shanteev? That is, who’s the ONE that God is looking to you to reach?
