Here's the Plan

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Music: On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons

My Brightest Hope & Joy

"It is, then, because Christians do not know their relation to God of absolute poverty and helplessness, that they have no sense of the need of absolute and unceasing dependence, or the unspeakable blessedness of continual waiting on God. But when once a believer begins to see it, and consent to it, that he by the Holy Spirit must each moment receive what God each moment works, waiting on God becomes his brightest hope and joy." -Andrew Murray

 

     Since age 13 I have had a passion for special needs children. I believe my interest in special education and the talent I have in that area are God-given blessings.

Since age 15 I have had a passion for the people of Uganda. I went on a mission trip there with my church and was forever changed by what I saw and experienced there.

 

At age 16 God gave me vision for a ministry that would unite the two passions.

 

 

     After first seeing a Ugandan child with special needs it hit me that there must be an incredible need for special education there. Since then, I have come to learn that special education is nearly unheard of in rural parts of Uganda. The culture teaches that if a child is born with disabilities, the mother must have committed some sin. The disabled child is isolated, ignored, and not given the basic rights they deserve.

What can I do to help change this?

Honestly... I have no idea. I'm still working on that and waiting on the Lord to see what He has planned.

All I know is that I have never been so passionate about anything in my life. I want to give love and education and a second chance to special needs kids that would otherwise never see it.

      Currently, I'm corresponding with several Ugandans who are also passionate about special education there. My hope is that I can spend some time at a special needs school in country this summer to learn more about how things work there. It would be the experience of a lifetime.

For now... I'm just waiting.

Waiting for a response to an email.

Waiting for the Lord to show me the next step.

Waiting until the day that I am in Uganda finally living out this crazy dream of mine.

I pray though that in the meantime, like Andrew Murray said, waiting on God would become my brightest HOPE and JOY.

 

  Thanks for your interest in what I'm passionate about and what the Lord is up to,

Natalie