South African Journey

I arrived back home today and was given a Poem to read that a member at church has written for my parents. She has included different things from mine and Rachel's childhood and I wanted to share it with y'all. So here it is:

Could you have imagined

When you saw that she swathed her brother's

Head in Vaseline

That she would grow up to swathe young mothers

And their children in love?

Could you have imagined

When your heart pounded

At his three-point shot at the buzzer

That he would grow up to

Show others how their hearts

Can beat with the love of Christ?

You modeled for them how to

Be the Body of Christ

In ways that weren't always

Commonplace and comfortable

You brought a needy child

Into your home

And loved her when the world

Was against her

Security in an insecure world

Hope amid dispair

Now the will be the body of Christ

In places that are extraordinary

With missions that are on edge

Just as their parents before them

Providing a real sense of

Security in an insecure world

Giving lasting hope amid despair

Could you have imagined

That they would give so much of themselves?

Of course you could

Rachel and Elliott

Embodiment of

Greg and Brenda

Embodiment of

Christ

     - C.Smith

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A quick thanks for all of the support of anykind. It is truely a blessing to have so many people help make this coming year possible! Thanks again and I can't wait to share stories and pictures with you come Aug. 28th once I arrive in S.A.