leprosy village

Today we all went and visited a leprosy village. Great experience.

Leprosy is a disease that eats away at our skin, sometimes meaning people have to get amputated. We went today to visit these people. It is not contagious by touch. There was so much love there. We sang a lot of songs for them in Thai, and they stood up and sang for us too. Some of them were blind, some couldn't walk, but they love talking about God. They were very inspiring. Lots of them live about 4 to a very large room. A group of me and 4 others went into one room and sat with this lady and sang "When the Night is Falling" to her. She was so touched she started crying. She told us how most of the time they feel like they have nothing to live for. They have no one to care for them, but whenever she starts feeling that way, she prays to God. We all prayed over for. They were all really appreciative that we came to visit them and sing to them. They kept saying God bless us and watch over us. It was touching.

It reminds me how much I do not rely on God when I should. I have so much, and these people have next to nothing, yet they love God so much and are not ashamed of it. It was encouraging to see that attitude in them, I learned how my mindframe should be.

That was about all we did today. Mondays are usually our day off but since the Aggies are here for only a week we have a full schedule this week. We will do some more pretty amazing things this week also.