"There is a White Man in the Church!"

from Elliott
I had ventured to Bizana to facilitate a Savings and Credit Group. We met in the church hall. We were setting up and I noticed that two young children came in, looked around caught sight of me and then heading back out the door. I did not think anything of it until a few minutes later the one of the Pastors came in and the same two children were with her. One of the children said to her while pointing at me, “See, there is a white man in the church.”

  

My Pastor friend came up to me to introduce her two children. She stopped for a minute and then told me that her daughter had come out side to say that there was a white man in the church but she could not imagine who her daughter was talking about. She then explained that she was expecting to see me and that because she knows me she does see me as just some white man! Instead she sees me as the person that God has sent to help their church empower their members.

As a cross cultural worker seeking to humbly walk in the shoes of others, I felt empowered by her encouraging comment!