Sometimes my life is so...what's the word?...extreme. Today, like many others, I find myself coming up short in the word department as I feebly attempt to express what I've just seen and experienced.
This place is such a contrast of beauty and destruction...hope and despair...life and death.
Besides the moment when I watched two old ladies swinging punches at each other and the subsequent conversation I had with my co-workers concerning the WWF that followed...today has been full of heartbreaking stories.
*I surveyed 20 women today and all of them...*ALL*OF*THEM*...have had AT LEAST 2 children die.
*I met with a 12 year old girl who was just married off to a 25 year old man. (TWELVE YEARS OLD!)
*ALL of these families get their drinking water from the sewage ditch.
While the list of stories could drag on, I think I am personally finished for today. My heart is hurting too much. And while I know He is calling the weary to Himself, there are moments like this when I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders.
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6 comments:
Wow, girl what a day!!
My heart is heavy with yours! It hurts so much to see the darkness and pain in the world and it hurts me to see you hurt! I will ask the one with super big shoulders to lift the weight off of your shoulders and to give you wisdom....And I will email you soon :)
Sometimes when we lack the words, we say the most. I think you have done just that.
You are right where you need to be....thanks for opening my eyes to a world I don't know. Please continue to do so, and I will continue to pray for you and these women.
Just to bring a smile, i was reading an article in Time and they mentioned shamrock shakes.
I echo Krista's comments. Praying for you and them.
Thanks, everyone, for your words and prayers. I needed these. :)
And Barista N...If shamrock shakes were mentioned in TIME, they must be "true," right?
We miss you around here! Hope your time in AL was refreshing!
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