Memory lane

There are at least 2 more videos that will be coming up but I do not really have the time to put it up just yet. I do however want to share a little bit about my trip back home.

It is the longest time since I came home, four and a half years ago. There are of course many obvious changes that has taken place in my absence. Much to it are not necessarily surprising but rather a reminiscence of the past.

I came back to my grandma's 2 days back and revisited some of the people and places that I used to come to. I must say that it has been a rather difficult experience for me. The obvious off the bat is the extreme heat that has caused me to shower so much more than I used to, as well as the constant of staying as still as possible, so to avoid any bodily heat; generated by any movements... am I crazy of what. But more that caught my attention was the fact that I no longer see things the way I used to see, or at least now it catches more of my attention. I took a walk around my grandma's with my parents and went as far as over 4 to 5 blocks of residential and personal business areas. What jumped out to me was the fact that idol worship is practiced pretty much every house we walked passed. There are the burning of incense in every alter, food offered to idols and passed ancestors, the display of colors and blessings for luck and prosperity.

The world is filled with blindness and the need for Jesus... There is an atmosphere of insecurity and bondage that is dwelling within the town where my grandma lives, life is full of the pursuit of money even in the midst of hardship and brokenness... no one is seeing passed this hurdle that they are trying to go over. Same goes for the city where I grew up in... which is even more in deception with the possibilities of success that fills people's lives.

Looking back to New York, I have a different set of challenge, a different set of people to minister to. At every level, there is a need for God to fill the gaps. My experience back home has been rather bitter sweet and much of it brought more tears then anything else.