This Is What Makes It Worth It

as the line of our malnutrition clinic grows, as does my love for the children and their mothers.

i know that God has brought these women + their children to us to hear His word + find His love. 

we hold our clinic every monday morning. it usually lasts from 9:30am-5:00pm. we meet with a range of 40-80 women and children each time. we start off with a song of worship, then a devotion and prayer, followed by some facts about malnutrition. then, they are divided up into new women + children or ones already enrolled in our program. we then measure their amount of body-fat, take their weight, + file their basic information (sounds like fun, eh?).

even though in the end, we only provide small amounts of medicine + basic ingredients for porridge, these mothers + jjajjas are beyond grateful.

to me, this is what makes no power, no running water, only a few english-speaking friends all worth it, that gratefulness. the fact that God can use me to make someone that elated makes me forget i miss tv + normal food + having clean feet. i would give everything i own for that one moment of happiness, to see the gratitude on those mother's faces. 

Katie Sandy