While we have been living here in the United States for over two years now, I still find myself feeling torn as I try to love people on two continents. An example that cracked me up occurred last week at my son's football game. I was watching him play when I received a call from my ministry partner in Uganda. She was sharing with me about several needs there. Specifically, there are several members of the women's Bible study group who have sickle cell disease. These women are wanting to have testing available to determine if their children also have this genetic condition, and training about how to care for those members who do have it. As I was praying with her over the phone about this need, my son caught his first touchdown pass! I went from praying for my sisters in Uganda to shouting to celebrate my son, then back to prayer. While it is humorous to consider jumping back and forth from serious health issues to an exciting football game, it was also a bit heartbreaking.
At that moment it occurred to me that the cost of this sickle cell clinic is less than the cost of 15 people coming to watch this high school football game! It is so hard to process these two different worlds in which we live! I pray that God will continue to grow me in my ability to love people well in both of my worlds!
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