Sunday 25th November
Hey guys,
I can’t even believe that it is now week 7 and that we only
have 5 days left! I remember how horrible I felt at the beginning of this trip
and thinking I would never get through it, but God has got me through to the
end, just like He asked me too in the bible. As 1 Peter 4:10 says “those who
suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful
Creator and continue to do good”.
It’s been an up and down couple of weeks, we enjoyed
spending our birthdays at the orphanage and throwing a party for the children,
they were so excited! We have struggled with feeling down at times though, and
we’re hating on the food! But 2 Thessalonians 3:13 says “never tire of doing
what is good”, so I need to make sure I don’t lose my enthusiasm for helping
the children.
We’re starting to prepare to leave now and I’m finding it
harder than expected. I’ve grown to love those children so much and I hate the
idea of them once again being left in their cots day after day. But I should
trust that God is looking out for them and pray that they will come to know Him
and love Jesus. We’ve written them all letters to read when they’re older in
which we’ve given them each a bible quote, I hope this will help them see how
much God loves them.
Eloise has decided to leave her cross necklace inside the
letter of the girl she has grown most attached to, and I decided to follow suit
with the child I’m most attached to, Ramya. Those that know me well may have
noticed that I always have this necklace on, I don’t like not wearing it.
Eloise made me see that we shouldn’t have attachments to these earthly objects,
we should only focus on God – Colossians 3:2 “set your minds on things above,
not on earthly things”. So I want to give away something I have loved to a
child I now love, it will be a nice keep sake when she is older.
So although this week will be emotional, I’m really looking
forward to it. I want to give the children every last bit of energy I have and
finish what I started – “Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to
do it may be matched by your completion of it” (2cor 8:11).
Thank you so much for your continued support,
Lots of love,
Charlotte xxx
