An
encouraging reminder of the heart of worship from Patrice Deaton. . .
Her
shoes were on the wrong feet. She was smaller and less coordinated than
the rest of the children. She did not really know the steps to the dance
or the words to the song, but she was filled with JOY!
I couldn’t stop
smiling as I watched this 3 year old dance one Sunday that we spent with the
Maasai tribe. In the church we were visiting nearly the whole church at some
point got up in front and performed a song for the congregation. When the
children got up you could tell they hadn’t practiced much and that they didn’t
really care, they just enjoyed the fact that they were up in front of people to
perform songs about the Lord.
I
have watched a lot of children sing in church and I am confident that most
children’s choirs wouldn’t get up in front of the church to sing as
disorganized as they were, and if they did they might not get asked back for a
while. When did everything in church become so well organized and need to
be so perfect? When did it become about performance rather than
worship? I’m not saying that all performances at church aren’t worship
filled, I am just questioning why we practice for months for a performance and
then after church at lunch we criticize the whole performance.
As
I watched this little girl dance and sing in front of the congregation I was
overcome with joy. She’s not going to apologize for not fitting
in. She has no clue she was far behind the other children the whole time. Her
mother didn’t come and grab her out of the front because she wasn’t fitting in
or because she was embarrassing her parents. No one told her she was doing it
wrong. At 3 years old she gets worship better than all of us, no
expectations, no quotas, just follow your heart and the Spirit of God and honor
the Lord.
Her
testimony at 3 years old is POWERFUL… dance, sing and worship the Lord
as he leads you and DO NOT EVER BE ASHAMED! May God challenge you through her
powerful testimony! Worship the King of Kings with wild abandon!!! *
Please
be praying for all of us. Thanks for all of your support!
Feedback
from a Real Life participant, Holli-Noelle Lemke…
I am blown away by how God has impacted me within
the last three months. I have always wanted to go to Africa. I thought Africa
needed me. Yes, the people here are lacking in areas where I have more than my
daily bread. I can come in and hand out some buns and bags of ugoli. I can give
away my extra shoes and shirts. But what the people here need is God’s love and
his truth. I am humbled that our Lord has chosen me to be the one to come and
do that for his children. I have realized in my time spent in Kenya that I
needed Kenya more than it needed me. I have been shown God’s love, faithfulness,
truth, grace, hospitality- the list goes on and on- in the people living here
so much more than I have shown it to them. They have been the ones to change my
life, rather than me changing theirs.
Fundraising Goal :: 2010
AIM
Kenya’s goal is to raise $50,000 this year that will be distributed between the
school and the orphanage to provide school supplies and update the school
itself, to provide tools for learning and a more efficient learning
environment. Also to provide the orphanage with food, housing, clothes and
staff support that are a part of the commitment that we as an organization and
as the hands of Christ made to the people and children of Kenya.
:: Support AIM Kenya! ::
Thank
you for your partnership in our ministry in Kenya; you are changing lives for
the glory of Christ through your prayers and financial support. Please join our
efforts and help us meet our financial goal for 2010. You may make a secure
donation online at www.adventures.org/give
please designate the gift to “Kenya Base” Or you can mail a donation to
Adventures In Missions P.O. Box 534470 Atlanta, GA 30353-4470 
If you have any questions or comments regarding our ministry
in Kenya or making a financial contribution to our efforts there, please
contact Donor Relations at 1-800- 881-2461.
*To see these kids worship and dance
click here!
