Malawi

Last night my church had a Children of the Nations event. They brought a few of the children from Malawi to share how child sponsorship has impacted their lives. It truly is amazing to hear them speak and see how God has brought such joy to their lives. One boy talked about how his parents died when he was 8 years old and he was forced to take care of himself and his 2 younger siblings. Can you even imagine?? I babysit 8 year olds and try to imagine them having to take care of themselves as well as 2 younger siblings after just having lost their parents and cant. I work with middle school kids and am not even sure if some of them are capable of doing that. One girl talked about how happy she is to be able to share a bed with her sister. She had been so use to sleeping on the floor that having a bed was such a blessing. We tend to forget all of the blessings that we have in our lives. Instead, we get frustrated when a classroom or work areas AC breaks down, when our computer crashes or if someone ate the last of your lucky charms. Even with all the 'bad luck' that this world has thrown at them, they still smile. They were singing a few songs and you can just see the passion and joy pouring out of them. You don't see much of that passion here. After hearing these children speak, It really makes you reconsider what is truly important in life. I feel that people try to block what is going on outside of "their bubble" in the rest of the world because it isn't effecting their life. My goal is to take a short internship this summer to Malawi.



XO: JENNiFER