 SUE GEIGER
The mission trip almost feels like a dream now that we are home. A heartwarming, yet heart breaking dream.
I worked with the medical team. I stayed busy traveling and setting up and moving the clinic from place to place. I was kind of overwhelmed with the compassion I had for many “orphan” children we helped. Imagine being only 7 years old and pretty much on your own. This little girl warmed my heart with her smile and acceptance of her situation. She lived at the Freedom House with many other children who were either without parents or their parents were still in Burma. The day she came into the clinic all by herself and left with vitamins, antibiotics for the respiratory infection she was experiencing, cream to heal a sore on her foot, new socks and flip flops and then walked away all alone to continue living the only life she has probably ever known, really hit home to my heart. I saw her sitting in the front row with the children at the Sunday service, still coughing, but singing right along with the others and when our eyes met, the smiles we exchanged just lit up her beautiful eyes. I was so happy we could make even a small difference in her life, if only for just a little while.
As we were saying our good byes, the students said, “Please don’t forget us.” All I could say in return was that I would be praying for their success in education and life every day and even though we were physically leaving, I hoped they would experience the grace of God’s love always and know that a part of our heart would remain with them, even if we could not.
We truly believe that it was because of the prayers that we were able to overcome all of the obstacles that were thrown in our paths and led us to those precious young people in Nai Soi.
The mission trip almost feels like a dream now that we are home. A heartwarming, yet heart breaking dream.
I worked with the medical team. I stayed busy traveling and setting up and moving the clinic from place to place. I was kind of overwhelmed with the compassion I had for many “orphan” children we helped. Imagine being only 7 years old and pretty much on your own. This little girl warmed my heart with her smile and acceptance of her situation. She lived at the Freedom House with many other children who were either without parents or their parents were still in Burma. The day she came into the clinic all by herself and left with vitamins, antibiotics for the respiratory infection she was experiencing, cream to heal a sore on her foot, new socks and flip flops and then walked away all alone to continue living the only life she has probably ever known, really hit home to my heart. I saw her sitting in the front row with the children at the Sunday service, still coughing, but singing right along with the others and when our eyes met, the smiles we exchanged just lit up her beautiful eyes. I was so happy we could make even a small difference in her life, if only for just a little while.
As we were saying our good byes, the students said, “Please don’t forget us.” All I could say in return was that I would be praying for their success in education and life every day and even though we were physically leaving, I hoped they would experience the grace of God’s love always and know that a part of our heart would remain with them, even if we could not.
We truly believe that it was because of the prayers that we were able to overcome all of the obstacles that were thrown in our paths and led us to those precious young people in Nai Soi.
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