surfs.up

you'd never think a simple kids movie could provoke such a revelation of Gods love in your heart. Tonight was family night here at the Tamar center and we watched surfs up. I sat on the floor watching the kids and moms come in.. two of my favorite little boys ran right over and sat at my feet..we proceeded to make shadow puppets until everyone was ready to watch haha :) As the movie was going on I kept looking around me at these women holding their children smiling together watching the movie..they are such amazing moms and to think of how they all used to be former bar girls and prostitutes. They all have such amazing stories and you'd never know of their life before by looking at the women they are now. Words of mixed Tegalo and Engish bounced about the room as everyone laughed and commented on the movie. I love the language they speak here and I wish I knew more of it..its sounds SO pretty when they speak it, a sound i've come to love so much..everyone here speaks decent english but its so fun to hear them talk together in Tegalo. All of a sudden I became overwelmed with love for these people. We've been staying here almost a month and I hate to think that we are leaving in a week. I could physically feel my heart growing inside of me and my emotions being captivated by love for the amazing mothers and children sitting around me. It was the strangest thing, but it was so God just filling me with a deep deep love for them. This sudden instant of my heart being gripped and captivated almost brought me to tears.. I'm realizing how incredibly much I am going to miss this place when we swich locations. There are still a few Moms that I would love to get to know better and pour my time into.. the other day I printed out a few pics i had taken of some of the kids on base here and today I passed them out to the moms. It was SO sweet to watch their excitment to have a recent photo of their son or daughtor. I'm hoping I can do that for every mom here before i leave. :)

thank you so much Jesus for this night..