Blog week 9

Week 9 has come and gone already this week class was on Street Children and the speaker was Monty Gali he is based in Recife Brazil, it was a week like no other I thought when hearing what the topic was it was going to be all about what the street kids are like and how we can help them and well it was but it was that and so much more . On Monday it started out with a big bang like my faith was challenged from day one on just how much God loves us and how he wants what is best for us and how we need to trust him more and more with our needs because he is wanting to help us but his timing is never ours so many of these things I have heard and even quoeted but it wasn't until I heard him say it that it really hit home and I realized just how often I don't have the right faith but even in those times God is still faithful Monteys love and compassion for the needs around us greatly challeged me his passion for street children was so amazing and his faith in the lord is contagious and he challenged me so much in the first day that I was so excited I could hardly contain myself he then showed us pictures of what street children and families look like and shared stories of why many are on the streets . I have often times wondered why children choose to live on the streets well for the most part they don't or if they do it is because living on the streets is easier then living in an abusive situation,or whatever their home life is like Many of the street Children often times do not need food because they sniff glue and that fills them. It was amazing to hear the stories of how they minister to the street children one of the biggest things that stuck out to me was the fact that well I just never thought about it was that the street is their home and so when we go to their home we need to respect them . Just like we would have them respect our home if they came in it and just because we are going to minister to them does not mean we can come in with a ton of rules and expect them to follow them. This week was life changing to me in so many ways my prayer life is stronger and so is my faith and I trust in Gods timeing he will reveal to me his whole plan for my life .I can't believe school is ending right around the corner so much has happened already and I am excited for my nexts adventure in life as I will be making plans soon to move to Jaco and I just have this feeling that God has a big surprise for me when I get there I am so excited Gods ways are never our ways and his plans are not our plans whne originally I thought I would be going to Zimbabwe and then in one day everything changed one thing I find is that it is easier to follow God path then to try to form your own . Please continue to pray for me for my financual needs for direction once I am there for more faith and for my prayer life to grow stronger and for the people that I will be ministering to. The thing I walk away from this week the most is that God is so faithful.he continues to surprise me each day !