VISITING A VILLAGE
I’m on an AFRICAN road
Going to a
village, I don’t know where.
We are visiting
a child from Amani,
He has been
reunited with his family there.
The roads can
look all the same,
Especially from
a visitor’s point of view.
Red dirt, pot holes,
bumps and people
But they all
lead to life…they really do.
Life is
everywhere in AFRICA
Even behind
dense trees.
A road that
seems to go no where
Opens to a
village we see.
To tell what I
see in a village,
Is not what
you’d expect me to say.
Sure there are
goats, chickens, cattle, crops,
Vehicles and
people on their way.
But what I see
in a village is more than meets the eye,
It’s what I
feel and see with my heart.
I’m given a greeting,
a welcome and a place to sit,
I am so thankful
that today I have a part.
The road turned
and turned and turned again,
No one would
find us here.
The car can go
no further,
The rest of the
way we walked, oh dear!
The children
stare at me
Maybe they’ve
never seen white.
I love this
country so much,
Sometimes I
forget their fright.
A smile, a “how are you?”
And their fear
goes away.
They are
friendly and talk a LOT
Even though I
don’t know what they say!
The hills
surrounding the village are beautiful, breathtaking and bountiful.
My camera can’t
capture the beauty of the land.
Some people
live in houses with glass-paned windows,
Others in
shelters of sticks and mud, made by hand.
Then we say
good bye and enter the main road,
Leaving the
village behind.
The way home is
clearer now,
It seems
shorter in my mind.
How thankful I
am for each new experience,
God opens the
eyes of my heart.
I see how much
He care for us…
His world, His
people, HIS HEART.
WALKING ON A PATH THE CAR COULD NOT TAKE, SUCH BREATHTAKING BEAUTY IN THE HILLS. SO MUCH GROWS IN THIS FERTILE GROUND!
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| OUR LITTLE BOY'S HOME |
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| THEIR KITCHEN |
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| OUR GRACIOUS HOSTESS AND CARETAKER OF OUR LITTLE BOY |
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| SAYING GOODBYE TO HIS SISTER, A GOOD VISIT, CONFIDENT THIS IS A GOOD PLACE FOR THE LITTLE BOY |
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| OUR LITTLE ONE REUNITED WITH FAMILY, HERE WITH HIS SCHOOLMATES |
