| NAOMI presentation thingy:
Hi. My name is Jonathan Hung and I will be a freshman in college this fall.
I
would like to share a verse from Psalm 34:18 that says, “The Lord is
close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
After NAOMI, I feel as if I am closer to God because my heart has been
broken by what I have seen. My experience in Arizona
has been all about relationships. I have seen the lack of relationships
the abused orphans must face and how that affects them. Playing with
them everyday, I saw how much attention each of them yearns for and how
open they are to meeting new people. During
the week, I tried to build relationships with as many of the children
as possible, whether it was reading them a story or just listening to
what they had to say. I connected the most with an 18 month old boy who
had just arrived while we were there. His mother was a drug addict and
had neglected him. I struggled all week to figure out why he had to
suffer at such a young age. Why did he have to start his life with such
a bad relationship? Having grown up with support from many family and
friends, it was hard to imagine how all these children managed to cope
with so many broken relationships. On the other hand, I also saw how
our youth group built relationships with each other through the work we
did building a roof, taking daily showers in the dirty river, and
singing songs at the campfire. Whether having strong bonds or not, God
has shown me the most important relationship is with Him. It is this
covenant that we strive to share with our brothers and sisters and
especially to the children at NAOMI. I would like to thank the
congregation for giving us this wonderful opportunity to spread God’s
love to the NAOMI children whom are truly the ones with “broken hearts”
and “crushed spirits.”
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| naomi '05 holler
no more jetlag..will update soon
a little eye candy:
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jackrabbit, az |
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| i need to stop waking up at freaking 4:45 every morning 
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| tagged by: random losers 
112 - someone to hold
john mayer - something's missing
marques houston - naked
jay chou - duan liao de shuen
bobby valentino - tell me (remix) |
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