By Ria Dellosa
When Mary Ann asked me to join this medical mission, I would have to admit that my heart was still not into it. I never fully committed, my mouth may have said yes but my heart had no reaction. As the date of the mission got nearer, the concept of going to a place in Philippines excited me more than being involved in this medical mission. Being the meticulous person that I am, I just made sure that everything I needed to do was done: booked my tickets, arranged a box to be sent to my brother in Manila, filed my leave, and arranged get-together with my friends in Manila.
I was assigned to be one of those involved in the Kids Church, and again I would have to admit, I really did not feel like being a part of it. A month before the mission, we still did not have anything planned for kids church. Suddenly a seed began to grow among us and we slowly had a vision. I think God was also slowly stirring a love in my heart- a love for kids I have not met yet in a place I have not gone to. We asked friends to help us and bless us with their creativity and almost all the props we needed for kids church were done in a day.
When we finally got to General Santos, we met up with people who were more than willing to help us make this mission possible and successful. I was more blessed by their heart to serve. It was their holiday but they chose to serve alongside with us than to go somewhere else. They amazed us with their talents. They amazed us with what they have done and how they have made the presentation much more beautiful and entertaining. God made me see how the body of Christ worked in the medical mission: each one was doing an equal task, each one was contributing to help accomplish the work of Christ, each one was serving another, and each one was doing things for the love of Christ. And finally I realized “I cannot pray to have a heart for the missions and just wait for it to happen. I must go to the mission in order to have the heart for it”.
