my mission trip to cambodia
...et. The main reason why they did not go to church was because they wanted to work to earn more money to provide for the family. But this is a seed of deception that the evil one has clearly planted in them because we know that ‘unless the Lord builds the house, its laborers labor in vain’. I knew that God spoke to me with a purpose and I started to question myself, whether am I adopting the same attitude as them. Am I spending too much time in school working that God has been shoved aside, am I losing focus on him? It was a time of reflection and I knew that like them, unless I honour God in my life and put him first in everything I do, I will be stopping the flow of blessings that he has promised unto me. God certainly knows when to speak. I’ve been pushing back taking up the role as a cell leader for the longest time because I felt that with my schedule I would not be able to commit and that I wasn’t spiritually ready. Somewhere in my heart, I knew they were excuses and that I was behaving in the same manner as them. Today, I can say that I am ready to serve the Lord, knowing that I have honoured his will. I know that one image I will never be able to erase from my mind is that of the children in the orphanage running to hug me and cling to me, a stranger. I could feel the love of God overflowing in them, but yet they give me a sense of fragility. Their simplicity and warmth, no words can describe. I remember the last night ...