Texoma Living Well Magazine November/December 2017 | Page 19

By Michelle Wallace
woman who was clearly out of her mind. She was
striking a child strapped in a chair. I went back to my
room and told the Lord I couldn’t do it. I was sad be-
cause I just didn’t have the strength or the emotional
margin to be there. But He gently and kindly wiped my
tears, strengthened my arms for the work. “Michelle,
the darkness isn’t dark to me. You are my answer to
these children. Will you let me love through you?”
Do we believe we can shift atmospheres, change cul-
tures, bring light to the darkness and life in places
of death! Our lives should cause others to marvel.
As the Father sent the Son, so He sends you.
There’s a scripture that plainly answers the question of
a broken world, even as it seems to grow darker. “Arise
[from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant
with the glory and brilliance of the Lord]; for your light
has come, and the glory and brilliance of the Lord has
risen upon you. “For in fact, darkness will cover the earth
and deep darkness will cover the peoples; but the Lord
will rise upon you and His glory and brilliance will be
seen on you. Nations will come to your light, and kings
to the brightness of your rising.” Isaiah 60: 1-3 Amp.
I travel with my friends Kevin and Cheyenne to Vietnam.
We visit several orphanages, but one of the orphanages
we support is run by nuns. There’s a little girl named
Tram. Most of the children come as infants saved from
abortion. The moms are given a home and equipped to
keep their baby. But if it’s not possible they surrender the
baby. Tram was older when she was left on the steps of
the orphanage by her mom. On the streets she was made
to sell lottery tickets. In the orphanage she worked as a
caregiver to the younger children. From the moment he
met her, Kevin was in love with Tram. The lonely little
girl in the co