Monday, July 29, 2013

Left pieces of my heart in India...



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. 

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