Tonight our team welcomed into the family 3 amazing Burmese girls. They were put in jail after their parents were arrested, then left in prison after their parents were sent back to Burma. So now these 12, 15 and 17 year old girls (although they look much younger) are homeless and abandoned in a country that is not their own. It is so humbling to me... I have no idea what loss feels like, hopelessness or fear. I have no platform to speak from except love and compassion. They're still trying to locate their parents, so this move could be very short term or result in permanent relocation. And we're here to take them in, love on them, be their friends. It's such a beautiful thing. My heart aches when I think about what would of happened if Compasio wasn't here - if Sia said no. Those girls would have been dropped back in Burma with such an inescapable risk of rape, starvation, sex trafficking and death. God you are good.
Tonight Sia also got a phone call. There are 40-50 children orphaned and homeless with nowhere to go due to the cyclone that hit Burma last month. Without hesitation she said yes. Without a house, without a plan - there was no logical way to say yes and yet no possible way to say no. Her words were, "If God wants us to have these kids tomorrow, he'll provide the house." So within the next week our entire team might be moving into a new Compasio home with 50 abandoned Burmese children.
I am in the midst of Compasio at work - respond, react, love without limits or logic. I am so thankful that you've trusted my team enough to be apart of this. This mission is going to be exhausting and painful and absolutely amazing. Help me not to hold back, not to be afraid. I think I'm finally ready - I'll do anything you ask me to do.
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