Kelsey's Story

Have you ever traveled far away from home?  Have you ever experienced completely unfamiliar surroundings?  Often traveling to a third world country can leave a person feeling alone and insecure even amidst a crowd of people.  Everything is so foreign, so completely out of one’s comfort zone.  At times like this God often shows up knowing we need  to see Him more than anything!

On Tuesday, the team was at Gulu Baptist Church in the morning.  Kelsey was walking through a group of children and something caught her eye.  She spotted a shape on a child’s shirt that was so familiar. 

Kelsey had a friend named Gen that she went to high school and played sports with on the central coast of California.  In 2010 Gen and a friend of hers named Bella were killed in an automobile accident.  To support the girls’ families there were t-shirts and bumper stickers made using a cross emblem with both girls’ names engraved within the cross.  The day before Kelsey left to come to Uganda she had visited the grave of Gen. 

Today as Kelsey turned, she saw a cross on a child’s shirt that she thought resembled Gen & Bella’s cross.  Kelsey walked toward the child and the cross came into greater focus.  It was the same shirt!  It was amazing that this shirt, produced for a few family and friends had now found it's way half way around the world.  Kelsey shared for a few moments with the child and marveled at how God directs our steps.  God is the God who sees us!  How did He pick today to remind Kelsey of her friend Gen?  What was God showing Kelsey today about who He is?  Are we willing to listen and respond as God speaks to us?