A few weeks ago, I had a dream that we traveled to Guatemala to meet Yolanda, one of our correspondence children. It was so vivid, we were the back of a crowd of people and the children from the project were coming out of the building and lining up outside. Through the crowd, I scanned to try to find Yolanda among the children. I saw a girl that I thought was her but she looked happier and vibrant and had on a beautiful sky blue dress. As I worked my way up through the crowd, our eyes met and she grinned such a big grin. The crowd parted and she ran to us and said, "Oh hello, Mr. and Mrs. W.!" and threw her arms around my neck. Of course, I woke up just then and my first thought was, No! I wanted to go back to that dream and spend more time with that sweet girl.
The dream has come to mind several times since then. Today, I decided to check out where the Compassion Bloggers were going to travel next. They went to Kenya for their last trip and I checked in every day and wept and smiled as I read their daily stories of what they encountered. On their site, I read that they are going to be going to Guatemala next. My heart got stuck in my throat as I remembered the dream of meeting Yolanda in Guatemala. I felt as if God was putting puzzle pieces together and telling me, “Do it!” so I submitted my blog to be considered.
Of course, after the fact, I saw elsewhere on the Compassion Bloggers site that they are only looking for bloggers who get at least 30,000 hits a month on their blogs. Whoops! I haven’t gotten 30,000 hits……ever. lol
Like my previous dream, this momentary dream of getting to meet Yolanda has ended too quickly. I will, however, look forward to reading all of the posts put up by those who were chosen for the trip.
If you missed the posts from the bloggers who went to Kenya, I highly suggest you go read them.
This post by Brad Ruggles is one of the ones that has stuck with me the most since that trip. Take a minute and check it out.
5 comments:
Don't forget that, with God, all things are possible. Perhaps your time is "not yet". Perhaps the route you will take to Guatemala is a different one?
May God bless you and your heart for children. Thanks for visiting my blog. Hope your dream comes true in God's timing.
God gave you that dream for a reason! I can't wait to see how He goes about fulfilling it! :)
Hi Michelle. As soon as I read your post on the OC, I had a feeling about what your dream was :) I know, I too have looked into the blogger trips, but my numbers don't reach that high either.
I'll pray that God will make a way, some how, some day, to go meet your child. I believe it is HIM who put the desire in your heart, and HE can do anything :)
Hi Michelle, I'm a new sponser for a child in gutemala, i just received my first letter from her, it is so exciting! But i dont kno what you are talking about when you said the"blogger trips" do they chose people to go with them on some trips? I would love to visit my little girl someday too! I'm still tring to learn my way around the campassion site
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