It's not signing up, it's stepping up
You sign up for the school trip to the museum, or you sign up for the community gathering on the 23rd. But what does it really mean to step up? There has been a few times in my life where I’ve felt like “This isn’t quite what I signed up for.” I went to Liberia for the second time in January 2018. I remember going both times to Liberia with a team of people who in the spectrum of finances in America were doing quite alright. We walked to a rehab community one day, a community in despair of disease. My mind, heart, and eyes weren’t all connecting the experience as it was happening. Humans without limbs, without sight, without quality of life…. still praising Jesus. Still giving joyful noises to the life they live. We arrived in a shop in this rehab community. Greeted by a few people making baskets, wood carvings, and jewelry. In that exact moment, I knew. Almost every day a few boys would gather some art pieces and wait for us Americans to come outside and look. Proud ...