09.21Melting My Heart
We had the privilege of serving the poor twice this week, due to a very large donation of food from one of the local stores we visited last week! There are tons of stories I could share about how those experiences affected me and the team, but I wanted to just share one story from church today. The boy you see below, Thabang (who is the brother of Maria and Koketso ) is one of the people we fed on Saturday. This Sunday after service, Thabang pulled me aside quietly and said, "Chicken." I didn’t understand at first what he was talking about, then he pointed to his stomach and said, "Hungry." Then he rubbed it and smiled and said, "All better now. Thank you for chicken." My heart melted… I reached out and hugged him and then reminded him how much God loves him, and how much He cares for him. I made him repeat to me, "God is my father," because at first he kept saying, "God, the father." After our exchange I stood up and tears poured out of my eyes. I felt the force of Jesus’ words, "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." (Matthew 25:40)
For more stories from this week, check out Allan and Annie’s blogpost .
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this story melted my heart, too. thanks for sharing
looks like God is not wasting any time working in and through you guys!
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 am
Thank you.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:33 am
Nate,
Man I miss you guys!!! I just keep wishing I could just drive over to the house for a cup of tea, and then head to Mamelodi with you guys. I FINALLY got onto your web site on my computer tonight - Praise the Lord!! I just read Annie’s post and all of your posts that I missed. I am really encouraged to hear all that God is doing. Thanks for sharing the song man…makes me well up when I hear it. Tell everybody I said hi! I will try to get that skype thing figured out by this weekend so that I can call on Sunday.
Bless you guys,
Dave
September 24th, 2008 at 12:10 am
praise God!
September 24th, 2008 at 8:09 am
That is a truly touching story. I will focus my prayer today on your efforts to feed the poor and touch the lives of those around you (and far away in North Carolina!). Thank you for what you two are doing and Praise God as He is awesome!
October 10th, 2008 at 8:41 am