It’s been three weeks since the Warm Feet project 2018, and I can still see the faces of the kids that attended the program we held in the villages surrounding Sighisoara. The memories of the children that were holding my hand while walking towards the facility are still vivid. They will never go away. One of the faces is Larissa from Laslea. In this village, the children didn’t look as poor as in other villages but as I was knocking on doors, inviting children to the program, I saw that Larissa was among the poorest in Laslea. She had a thin jacket on and big circles under her eyes. After the program she received, just as all the others, winter boots and some clothes. Although she had already received, she stayed until we gave to the last ones in line because she wanted to ask for 2 baby packages for her twin brothers. A relative/neighbor of her who waited with Larissa somehow assured us that they are really poor and need it badly, something I had already noticed. As I was helping her to carry all the bags to her home, I was trying to encourage her by asking her about school and telling her that Jesus is always with her, even when other children are mean. When we got to her house, I could see it was a lot smaller than the other houses. Inside, there were just two beds and a small stove. I saw the twin brothers (Nicusor and Matei) sleeping in a buggy. Their mother said that Larissa doesn’t hear so well. I prayed with them for their home and Larissa’s ears. After saying goodbye, Larissa ran after us on the street and hugged me. “Let those who have ears hear” – Jesus This girl might not have heard everything during the program but she was definitely listening with her heart and I believe a seed is growing in her heart as was expressed in her behavior. There are so many people who are perfectly fine, in physical and materialistic terms, but they lack the keys to a fully satisfied heart. When your heart is not open to God’s unconditional love which He granted us freely through Jesus, you are no richer than the girl without a father or a savings account because all earthly things will perish. God however will always be. Likewise, what is in our hearts. Where do you keep your treasure? Is it in your house or is it in your heart? Should we hold on so dearly to the things we will lose at the end of our lives, or should we pursue the things that we can only gain? “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” – Jesus
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