So the past couple days have been super crazy busy awesome!!!! We are having an amazing time. The past two days, I have been part of a retreat that 9 women from our team hosted for the staff of aftercare homes, foundations or organizations that help in the transition from trafficking to freedom. These women are my HEROES!!!! They are super super sweet kind and drained from constantly pouring out into the lives of these girls and it was such an honor to be able to encourage them and love on them. We had some great sessions and I was so honored to be able to teach and share in a few of them. We also just had fun playing games and laughing as sisters in Christ. We introduced them to fun foods like brownies, fudge, Texas Trash, Pop Rocks and Ring Pops. What could be more fun than that?!?
It was humbling to hear their stories and hug their necks and just say thank you. At the end of the second day, one of the organizations presented each of us with a piece of jewelry that had been made by the girls who are trained and given their freedom through fair trade. The gift is extremely precious to me but even more so was a story they shared. They said that there is a precious jewel made from taking 9 different precious stones and making them into one beautiful jewel. It is called "Navaratan". They told us that we were that precious jewel to them for taking the time to come and pour back into them so that they could continue in God's strength to do the work they are called to do here in Kolkata everyday. What an honor and a privilege to be a part of a team of precious jewels!
Rachael and 9 other women are also pretty amazing and special, who have been serving in the slum village school for the last three days. I prayer walked there today but I also got to see them being Jesus with skin on to the most adorable little ones. It was a joy to watch my daughter laughing and singing with the kids, to see one of my best friends weep over the plight of those kids and for her heart breaking as she had given a little piece of herself to each one of them, to see women from all walks of life and background leave their families and jobs to come all the way around the world to love on people-WHAT AN HONOR!!! To hear the hearts of the servants that have a vision to change the world for this village, that toil day in and day out, and to build friendships with people that I would never have met if I hadn't answered God's call on my heart.
Pray for the safety of these children, there are so many acts of evil we have seen firsthand, and they need our prayers. Pray for our team as we press on. We love you all!
It was humbling to hear their stories and hug their necks and just say thank you. At the end of the second day, one of the organizations presented each of us with a piece of jewelry that had been made by the girls who are trained and given their freedom through fair trade. The gift is extremely precious to me but even more so was a story they shared. They said that there is a precious jewel made from taking 9 different precious stones and making them into one beautiful jewel. It is called "Navaratan". They told us that we were that precious jewel to them for taking the time to come and pour back into them so that they could continue in God's strength to do the work they are called to do here in Kolkata everyday. What an honor and a privilege to be a part of a team of precious jewels!
Rachael and 9 other women are also pretty amazing and special, who have been serving in the slum village school for the last three days. I prayer walked there today but I also got to see them being Jesus with skin on to the most adorable little ones. It was a joy to watch my daughter laughing and singing with the kids, to see one of my best friends weep over the plight of those kids and for her heart breaking as she had given a little piece of herself to each one of them, to see women from all walks of life and background leave their families and jobs to come all the way around the world to love on people-WHAT AN HONOR!!! To hear the hearts of the servants that have a vision to change the world for this village, that toil day in and day out, and to build friendships with people that I would never have met if I hadn't answered God's call on my heart.
Pray for the safety of these children, there are so many acts of evil we have seen firsthand, and they need our prayers. Pray for our team as we press on. We love you all!
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