Over the last few days I have struggled with Gods plan vs. my plan. In my heart I know that His plan is perfect for us, He prepares us for things we can’t see coming and in the midst of the storm we can’t see why or how but He always does! God has been working on that with me a lot lately this one just broke my heart. 

In 2012 on a medical trip I was asked to hang out with a young girl while we waiting for a doc to become available to see her. I jumped up, grabbed my bag of fun and went to have fun with this girl but when I reached her the sorrow in her face was overwhelming. I knew I was going to have to change my game plan. As I sat with her I did ask her too many questions I just read her a book and painted her nails. We ended up spending a bit of the afternoon together just hanging. After her exam the doc had her come back and sit with me while they talked, this time she grabbed my hand and held on tight. Some teachers came to as her if she was being abused at home or on the way to school, she wouldn’t tell them. She just sat there holding my hand. I quickly realized I was in over my head and started praying. God help me help your sweet child! To make a long story short the doc knew she was being abused due to the results of the exam and asked me to talk to her. She did tell me that she was and who it was. My heart was broken for her but I was so thankful God gave her the courage to stand up for herself and get help! Over the next 4 years I have been writing, praying, encouraging, pouring in to her to become the women God created her to be. She went against her culture, here they tell the girls not to say anything and just to take it but she didn’t! She had started socializing again and blossoming into the women God created her to be. 

She graduated this year, I was a little suprized when she didn’t score above a 250 on her KCP exam but she want to go school for cosmetology so that wasn’t a really big deal. It was finally the Bomani day, I was going to get to see her and congratulate her for making it! It’s a really big deal to finish primary school and take the KCP exam. She wasn’t to be found at school, when we went to talk to the head teacher about her absences he informed us that she has stoped coming to school about 7 months ago. My heart dropped. He told us her parent had split and the kids where left with the dad. (Cuturaly that’s what they do here. The dad paid the dowrie so he owns the kids) this girl was the oldest of the children so she had to stay home and watch the kids. The head teacher tried to talk to the dad and help him understand how important it was for the kids to remain in school but the dad didn’t care. Wow. She wasn’t able to come to the fun day or graduation. 

It’s something I am honestly still prossesing, I know it’s Gods plan. I can’t help but ask God why her? She has over come so much and now this? God we encourage these kids to dream, work hard at school and you can do great things in life but now what does she do?! God reminds me over and over again it’s His perfect plan not my plan. 

We walked all over the village looking for her, checked at her house and we couldn’t find her. I wasn’t event able to wrap my arms around her and tell her how much I loved her. As we walked back I could hear God “do you trust me? This is all a part of my plan for both of you. Walk by faith not by sight!” 

I am going to ask you to pray, for God to work in unmissable ways in her life please!