Today I finished filling the pages of this particular journal. As I look back and recount where I've been I realize the necessity of journaling. Page 1 -- South Africa - May 4, 2011 (visiting a township school) Even writing these words seem unbelievable. Today was our first full day here. From a distance the children here appear to be like the children I see at home, dressed in their school uniforms scurrying between classes. But as I come closer, as I step toward them and only slightly deeper into their world I begin to see the evidence of their hard lives. A scarred face, a deformed hand, the blind eye that wanders. Some of their eyes are dulled by what they have seen. The hearts ache because of what they have endured.
trying my best to practice the ways of Jesus in the ordinary, everyday