Random Thoughts
by Abigail TeBordo
So here we are on the third day in the Ukraine, and it is amazing! I have had so many amazing experiences in this short amount of time. God has just been so real to me here! I mean God is real to me always but it has just been so crazy the things that I have been seeing and realizing.
In the last 24 hours there have been two things that God has just clearly shown me and those are that I am in an ordained place that he is already blessing and I am just an aid, and that I need to remember to take time with God to be equipped for the things that I will be doing here. I know that God is a good God and just spending time with him will prepare me for anything that comes my way. There have been so many confirmations of Gods work in my life in this short time here and I am just so amazed. I know God is with me in just that I have never done construction type work and I have done the work and with little struggle.
So, not only is the work that we are doing on the orphanage hard work but we have limited communication with the kids we are working with. I met some girls last night but got to really talk to them tonight. I got to ask them things they like to do, and what kind of music they like. We talked about piercings and shoes it was just so awesome to be able to find things that are relatable between us. The three girls came back up to our living area and they decided to listen to my iPod and they loved it, they listened to the music and told me what they already knew and what was new to them. The one thing that was so awesome was one of the girls named Vika asked to read to me and the only book I had was the Bible and so she read to me Isaiah 58 which is some verses I use for comfort lately. I was thoroughly amazed by her accuracy in English! Though, I found out that she did not understand what she was reading but it gave me a chance to just talk to her.
Well sorry that is so scatterbrained but I just have so many thoughts that I am trying to compile and figure out. I know that in this short amount of time I have been so blessed I cannot imagine what the rest of our time will be like. I cannot wait to continue to build relationships with the girls that I have met and new relationships with others I have yet to meet. I am also excited to continue building relationships with my faceless team! So until my thoughts are more coherent…..Keep on Keeping on!
