...to spend a day cleaning the cells and hallway, because no one else does. I also handed out sandwiches and water because the prisoners may not get any other food or drink while there. And while taking a break from cleaning, I played with the three little kids that are locked away simply because their moms have been arrested and they have no where else to go.
This afternoon I went into the slum just down the road from my house and played with the children that live in houses smaller than my bedroom. I held the hand of a beautiful Cambodian teenager who doesn't attend school, doesn't speak fluently the language of the country in which she lives, and is at-risk for ending up as one of the many girls sold into the sex trade.
And tomorrow...I board a plane to America.
While I am more than ready and have been unable to wait for this month back home for months now, it still feels a bit strange.
Our world is full of contradictions. We have poverty sitting alongside immense wealth. We have people living in slums at night and working at day to build high-rise condominiums. We have children and women in the bondage of slave labor so that people overseas can buy the shirts they make.
And I actually have a choice to leave a place where many people would give everything to have that chance.
I thank Jesus that He has given me the choice.
But I also sit with Him and talk to Him about how to deal with this world of contradiction we live in.
Please pray with me to have eyes that see the hard contradictions surrounding us. And lets talk together about it.
Also, please pray for me while I'm home- pray for a month that is restful, but also filled with opportunity to share with others.
I would love to share more with you, so if you would be willing: please come to hear me share on April 7th in Pottstown, PA. I will post more details in the next few weeks but please....mark it down! I would love to share with you : )
