Author: Adventures

“My dear children, without our suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the redemption, Jesus wanted to help us by sharing our life, our loneliness, our agony and death. All that He has taken upon Himself, He has carried it in the darkest night, only by being one with us has he redeemed us. We are allowed to do the same, all the desolation of the poor people, not only their material poverty, but also their spiritual destitution, must be redeemed and we must share in it.” Such words resemble...

I wish there was a self-help book on how to get past feeling overwhelmed. A step by step manual would be nice. But guess what? I’m living in Hyderabad, India. For three months. Right now all I can do is take a deep breath and pray for peace. Every day I relearn that I am here for a reason. That God placed me in this ministry to change me, make me grow, wreck me. I am here to help and offer my service, but I’ve learned more from all of these children than I think I’ll ever be able to teach them. And it’s only been a few weeks. This is Neveah, a little girl that I...

This week has been thee longest week of my life. I’ve said that so many times-ask my team- but I really mean it. My life has changed since I stepped foot onto training camp grounds twelve days ago. There’s thing part in me that is so crazy tired; there’s a part that wants my family to be here with me; then there is a part that cannot believe I’ve only known the sisters on my team for twelve days; then there’s a part of me that’s concerned I don’t have all of the turkey wraps or berries I’m convinced I need. So basically I am currently feeling...