The past two days
have been long and exhausting. Today Sydney
and I where given the opportunity to budget our own money for our time here in
Guyana. Angie is giving us the opportunity to learn how to handle money when
you’re on a small missionary budget, she is also allowing us to handle the cab
fees and pay for our own meals with our budget money. Angie is allowing us to
get a glimpse of what life on the mission field is like day in and day out.
Today we met the Wesleyan District Superintendent Reverend
Ivan Williams at the Wesleyan District Office/Bible College in Georgetown. He
asked some pretty direct and straight to the point questions to Sydney and I,
which I have to admit at first I was a little stunned. In America we don’t ask
these kinds of questions in the first five minutes of a conversation. He asked
us point blank “what are your plans while in Guyana” and “what do you feel the
Lord has called you to do with your life”.
While talking, he brought up a subject that was completely from God
straight to Amber. It was a random topic but it
was exactly what I shared about this morning that I wanted to hear from God
about. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Rev. Williams also shared with us
about dropping everything to follow Christ, not “Okay, I will follow but let me
go say goodbye to all my family,” but Jesus wants us to follow him whole-heartedly. While I am giving up what seems like a lot to come to Guyana for
seven weeks the Lord is going to reward me for dropping school, work, and
family. He already has blessed me for dropping my life back at home to come
serve him. The Lord never said it would be easy to follow him - but why should
it be? We were created to be his hands and feet. Mathew 16:24 says “if anyone
would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow
me.” We as Christians are supposed to
die daily and pick up our cross and follow Jesus. [Written by Amber]
Today was my first
day in Guyana. This morning Angie taught us how to budget our own money while
we are here. This is to teach us how to handle these things for ourselves.
Amber and I thought we were rich when Angie handed us an envelope with $40,000
in it for the week! Then she told us that we really were only given $200 in
American money! Today, I also tried Guyanese food. I had fried rice & baked
chicken. Yummy! We also spent time walking through the city and going to a few
stores. But my day got more exciting when we went to Ruimveldt Children Home
& Care Centre (RCHCC)
Today was my first
experience at RCHCC and it was my favorite part of our day. As soon as we
pulled up to the home the kids were standing at the gate ready to see us. Since
the kids haven’t seen Angie for a while, they were overjoyed to see her. They
ran to her and all of them hugged her at once. Then they did not hesitate to
rap their little arms around us and give us big hugs too! While we were there,
I got to spend time playing with the kids. I was taught new games and learned
many new songs. Stephanie and I spent a long time sitting in a wooden box
singing songs with the kids. They loved this because we were all in this wooden
crate having a great time of fun! They would teach us a song then we would teach
them a song. The whole time was full of joy and laughter! I also was able to help do some physical
therapy with two of the children that are physically handicapped. Their smiles
went straight to my heart! I loved being able to do this therapy with them
since I want to be a Physical Therapist. This opportunity and experience is
exactly what I was asking God for! He truly knows how to touch my heart and let
me see Him in every situation. Working with these two boys was a true blessing
from God and I look forward to going back to the children’s home very soon!
To read Angie's perspective on the girls' first day, click here!