You ever wake up with a song playing in your head? It happened to me this morning. A song I have not heard in probably a year or more, it was popular when I was 5. It's a song sang by Rebecca St. James. In it are the lyrics Just a little bit o'love goes a long, long way. Just a little bit o'love'll make someone's day. Just a little bit o'love, give it away. Just a little bit o'love, c'mon let's all share. Just a little bit o'love, we've got lots to spare. Just a little bit o'love, show them we care. God gives to us hearts full of love.
So now we must give His love to everyone
Well today this song inspired a blog entry. A Peru memory where simple conversation made somebody's day and taught me a very valuable lesson.
It was our 2nd to last day of ministry in Peru. Every morning we would wash hair for villagers then put on the drama after lunch. Being that there was 39 team members and very limited supplies, not every one washed hair. This day I was one that did not. So if we weren't washing hair we were playing with the children, or going in groups knocking on doors inviting people to the drama later in the day. I was with a group of little girls, spinning them in circles. I got worn out after a bit, and told them no more "no mas por favor" I sat down for a little break and started talking with one of the girls, when I felt a gentle slap on my knee. I looked down and there was a little boy, maybe 8 mo., propped up on my knee. I picked him up and about that time his mom came over. My Canadian friend Cameo came over also, she is fluent in Spanish, I am very not!
She spoke a bit with us, I couldn't catch much. I just noticed that Cameo kept repeating "No" and tears started streaming down her face. She took the boy from my arms and gave him back to Mom. Cameo then told me to go to the bus with her to make sandwiches. I was a little confused being that it wasn't lunch time, but went along with it knowing something was up. We made 6 pbj's and then went back to the gal. She handed her baby back to me, Cameo said no again, then some other stuff, then handed her the bag of food. Her jaw dropped. She looked at it, then up at us, the down again, then she looked at her son, and broke out in a loud sob, took her boy back into her arms, crying out something I could understand "Lo siento! Lo siento!" or "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"Our team leader Tim announced it was time for the drama, we walked away from the lady. I turned and said "What on earth was all that?!" Cameo said the lady's husband had been laid off, there was no money, and her baby had not eaten in over a day. She heard I was American and started pleading for me to take him and give him a better life in US. We gave her the food and she was so shocked that we actually cared, then she was horrified that she had just tried to give up her son. I was so blessed when I discovered another friend had a picture of the mom and child on facebook. Here it is.
That day that woman and her whole family were not only fed in the body but also in the spirit. She went back and got her whole family to come watch the drama, and they all came forward to receive Christ! All because of a simple friendly conversation, and a gesture of love with sandwiches on Cameo's part, now a family of 6 has found the eternal living hope of Jesus Christ. Just a little bit of love WILL make somebody's day. It made that family's, and mine!
