Safe in the UK

We have made it safely to the UK. Amazingly, with 70 bags only 5 went missing, and we were able to receive them that same day. God is good!! I can't begin to explain how beautiful this place is. God's hand is clearly in everything.

I am also loving the time the team has been spending in devotions together. We did a lesson on prayer today, and several points really struck me. Our Tour Leader read a passage from the Screwtape letters about Demons hating when Christians pray. However, Screwtape said if demons can get us to be lazy and make us feel like our prayers have been heard, they will win. How often do we go about life not really convinced God is answering our prayers? How often do we feel that God knows all, so why should we tell him anything else? But just like the only way to truly know these children is by talking to them, the only way to know God is by doing the same. I learned two very important lessons about my job and God. First, if I want to be a good Auntie to these children, I must sit down and really talk to them. I have to ask them questions and find their pain and happiness. That is my favorite part of this ministry, knowing the children like no one else. My second lesson is to know God as deeply as the children and then some. I will say that is going to be harder, but it is truly worth everything I have. Without God, this team would fall apart, these children would still be hungry and people would go without knowing the true love of a father.