“Just a Thought…”
Some months ago, I returned to India after 8 years of pushing her away. Strange, but the last time there almost killed me, so going back was like revisiting an Everest disaster. Yet, a return was destined. Fear and passivity sullies your soul, and I sensed those two evil twins had done their work on me long enough. India had something for me, so I signed up and returned with my church team. I didn’t know the trip would rock me forever.
Go there with me. Outside a rural village on our final day, I waded into a reservoir. The sunlight made it a cathedral. With me, waste-deep and soaked, was a girl from my team, who wanted me to baptize her. This pool was a life source for the locals, but an unsettling irony for me. You see, the slow death I brought home last time might have come from a watery Petri dish like this one, or so my doctors speculated. They also suggested I never do foreign relief work again. So, I was conflicted for all the wrong reasons, but nonetheless conflicte ... Read More
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