This morning we went to the Missionaries of Charity home. It is an HIV/AIDS home started by the order of nuns that Mother Theresa was a part of. It was a really nice place with a womens, mens and childrens section. I went with the team to minister to the women. We started off by greeting them, had an African worship and testimony time, and then talked about Psalm 23. It was amazing how little they knew about sheep or shepherds when we had our discussion time and games. It was encouraging that they understood the most important part of the lesson: that Jesus is their Good Shepherd. Some of them have such strong faith.
Some of the women were literally skin and bones. They had no energy to get up from bed at all. We are not allowed to take pictures for obvious reasons. I really sensed the presence of God there with us today. It is such an amazing ministry. It would be really difficult I'm sure, because you would always be working with dying people, but also so rewarding to be with someone in their last days of life, and encouraging them to fix their eyes on the Lord.
We went to the market on the way home, and spent hours picking out beautiful lappas of material to bring home with us. I'm excited about the bright colours and patterns!
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