Miles Apart~ but Our Hearts Connected.

Several weeks back Lysa and I were able to skype with Maureen (an LDP graduate, ex. dir of the Mercy House). Our Mandi met Maureen when she went to Kenya in Sept. 2010.  Maureen has changed our lives!

Her life was changed forever... the day she was sponsored when she was 7 yrs old.

We talk about anything. She has lived in one of the biggest slum. She was rescued....

While she was talking ...  she asked Lysa to sing her a song. Lysa sang a few verses of a song she liked.

Then she asked us to sing again.....   so I put Follow You by Leeland on.  Lysa and I sang. The girls at the Mercy House came in to watch.  Emotion grabbed me and I began to cry

You live among the least of these:
The weary and the weak.
And it would be a tragedy
For me to turn away.
All my needs You have supplied,
When I was dead You gave me life.
How could I not give it away so freely?

And I'll...
I'll follow You into the homes of the broken,
I'll follow You into the world.
I'll meet the needs for the poor and the needy, God,
I'll follow You into the world.

Use my hands, use my feet,
To make Your kingdom come.
To the corners of the earth
Until Your work is done.
'Cause faith without works is dead,
And on the cross, Your blood was shed,
So how could we not give it away so freely?

And I'll...
I'll follow You into the homes of the broken,
I'll follow You into the world.
Oh, meet the needs for the poor and the needy, God,
I'll follow You into the world.

And I give all myself,
I give all myself,
And I give all myself to You.

It was one of the highlights of my LIFE. Yes, my LIFE. God was there with us. I can't describe it to you.... words will not allow me to. We worshiped God... together.  

The girls that live at the Mercy House came in.... they were listening. Most do not speak English. But they listened. When we finished I was so full ... I told Maureen to tell them that God has a plan for their life, that they matter to Him. 

After the girls went out of the room we were skyping and Maureen told me that the girls were moved by my tears. God continues to show me how BIG He is....  

She shared with me later how great it was to worship God together. She said we are so far apart physically but not in heart. 

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Grace~