Today we
touched down on American soil for the first time in two months and I couldn’t
help but let tears flow as the wheel hit the ground hard. I felt the reality of
leaving so much of my heart in India hit hard with the landing. Images flooded
my mind of the beautiful community that has grown from 11 strangers, Indian
babies and the smiles that captured my heart, the tangible presence and favor
of God we got to see, and all that the new normal that life has become for me
in India entails.
In my mind I
have always convinced myself that I’m a great blogger but in all reality I
learned this summer that I have a really hard time putting to words the
experiences I have overseas with Jesus and the moments that God gives me
glimpses of his own heart and breaks mine for the hurting, the orphans, the
beggar, and the lost. This summer I found a new way to really express that more
and it was through capturing moments on film of what God sees through me. So
here are some of my favorite moments that God blessed me with experiencing this
summer.
This is what
the normal life became for us in India. Daily being flooded by Indian children
yelling “hi how are you!” My heart is going to miss walking down dirty streets
hand in hand with kids who don’t speak my language but knows my heart so well.
This is my
beautiful team of 11 Godly women. I was blessed with the opportunity to co-lead
these beautiful girls and watch God transform their hearts and minds to His.
This body was an unstoppable force this summer and brought redemption and
healing to my life and so many others in India.
This
beautiful girl captured my heart from the moment I met her. Malathi’s smile lit
up a room in such a hopeless looking environment. Loving on her and being a
part of her life the last 2 months has shown me a glimpse into what it looks
like to have pure joy in all circumstances because of the Lord. Her heart is
pure and one day she will see God with a perfect body.
This
precious baby girl is named chetu. She has taught me more in the past 2 months
than she will ever be aware of. Her family hired someone to leave her to die in
a train station when she was only 4 months old. From day one she has been
fighting for life and hasn’t taken a breath since. She is stubborn, and
beautiful and a lot of who I am. I got to document some of her very first
steps- the moments where she finally defied the circumstances she was in. It
was Beautiful and one of the moments where I experienced God the most in India.
She has my heart for sure- and she will grow up into a woman who adores the
Lord. I’ve spent countless hours holding, rocking, praying over and loving on
this beautiful masterpiece Jesus made.
So these are just a few pieces of my heart that are rooted in India. He does go before us and give us glimpses of His heart when we ask for it.
