Kindhearted...compassionate...selfless and passionately filled with love for others...These are some of the most important traits one can have as a human. Our dear friend, Kate Stoddard, exhibits all of these. As many of you already know, Kate and a team of individuals recently returned from Burkina Faso, Africa which is located in the middle of West Africa's "hump." There they spent two weeks living amongst the African people, playing with the kids and helping build up the local church community. It was a humbling and heart provoking blessing to listen to Kate share about her experience and to see photos of such a genuine hearted, hard working people. The children there are some of the most beautiful little ones you have ever seen and it is so obvious from the photos they care so much for their families. The people in Burkina Faso do not have much at all really. Even though they struggle everyday just to have food to eat they seem to be some of the happiest and most thankful people anywhere. The kids play and cheer in contagious excitement just to play with a big rubber ball and squirt guns. I sometimes wonder how I can prevent all the simple blessings in my life from becoming part of this expecting cycle of routine we have here in the US? I just want to say thank you to Kate for stepping out to help people in need and for going over there to learn about other countries that are in are need in this world.
God bless.
God bless.