simple gift.

I had a dream about Uganda last night. About Nebbe village. I looked at my pictures yesterday and just remembered how beautiful the country is. The rolling hills that covered it. Prayer Mountain was such a special place and I feel the need to be back there. To be connected again to the earth and feel God. His presence was surrounding. The minute I got home I found myself tempted and convicted. Its amazing how I found peace in a country unknown to me. How I was more myself somewhere no one knew me.
Today I got a present in the mail. It was from my friend Freddy from Tanzania. He sent me this letter :
Dearest Cardinal,
Dear sister I'm grateful to have you as my nearest and closest friend who cares much about me! I think this was God's plan to connect me with you. I did not know that I will be in contact with someone special like you! Dearest I'm still putting my self in prayers so that you never change, just be the same.
In spite of those I'm personally sending you special greetings from my father and my sisters and not to forget your family.
My dear I will always keep you in my prayers so that you fullfill your dreams in your future plans, as you always recalling me, and think of me all the time.
Best wishes and send my regards to all COTA Mission members I do pray for them.
God Bless
Bro. Freddy
PS Cardinal you're so valued 2 me.

His letter came with a bracelet too. This was all I needed. To know that I have a friend halfway around the world praying for me just fills me with joy. This man in his early 20s is living a life like Jesus. He lives with love service and prayer. Why can't I? Am I to distracted by all the worldly things in my life? Have I become to self absorb? Or is it simply because I have not embraced the love of God?
Once you recognize how much God loves you it is impossible to not love others. God wants us to humble ourselves to him so that we may enter into a full relationship with him and with others. Once we give ourselves to the Lord he will send us out to share his love. It may be just to our neighbors or it may be to someone in another country. But we must be like Jesus. Freddy understands this. Each person I saw him come in contact with it was with a smile and with heart. He may not realize it. But he is my witness.
1 Corinthians 13:1-6
"If I speak in tongues of men and angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if i have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing."