On a beautiful sunny day I took a walk from our home up to the Shelter property to see what Bob and Caleb were working on. I stopped along the way to sit on a rock resting and taking in the beautiful view of God's creation. After asking the Lord what He had planned for me this day I began my journey back down the hill. 

Not far from our home I met a woman called Joan and her two-year old daughter. She asked me to give her money for food and told me that her children are hungry. I told her that I had no money or food with me.  She invited me into her home, a two room mud hut, for tea. She began sharing that her husband works all day on a construction job nearby and when he returns home he has come with no money or food and her children often go to bed hungry.  She said that she would like to start a vegetable stand to help earn money to feed her family. This often leads to a quarrel with her husband when she asks him for money to start a business. She also shared with me that they have stopped attending church. 

As I listened to everything she was telling me my head was spinning with ideas of how I could help her start her business, get their family back into church and provide them with food. After I prayed with her I told her that I would come back soon to see how she was doing. Then I continued my walk back home explaining to God that she was just one of so many here in Africa with this same story and I can't help all of them. I gave Him so many reasons of why it is not good for me to step into her messy and difficult life. That is when I heard Him clearly impressed upon my heart, "Yes, but I brought her to you Debbie, I am not asking you to help everyone". At that moment I had a great sense of peace that He would show me my next steps of being the hands and feet of Jesus to this woman and her family. I remembered a quote by a Christian singer that speaks to my heart.