To the Little Girl in India...
To the little girl in India,
I walked into a bible school in a small Dalit Village. The room was really small for my comfort zone. But there was a voice. Your voice. Like an angel you whispered softly to me, "Hi." I told you my name. You smile and told the kid on your lap who I was. You kept smiling at me. My eyes met yours and my heart sank and you took my breath away. I was staring into the eyes of God. I kept my eyes locked into yours because I knew one thing...once I left that room I would never be the same. EVER! I saw you watch me walk out of the room because I kept looking back at you. Secretly I peeked my head in one more time before I walked away. I saw your head drop and I could feel the tears forming in your eyes the same way they were forming in mine. The next 36 hours after that all I wanted to do was cry. I wanted you like you wanted me. Here's the thing. I can't sleep at night knowing you don't have a bed. I can't go shopping without feeling guilty knowing you don't get to go to the city and buy cute outfits. I can't pour myself a glass of water out of our Brita pitcher and be satisfied knowing you don't even have clean drinking water available to you for miles. I can't drive down the road and enjoy the ride knowing you can't barely (if at all) afford to get a rig shaw to take you into the city. But most of all I can't think straight without thinking of you. I don't know your name, age, or anything about you. I know you're a Dalit and that's the only way of life you know. But I want you to know that you are beautiful. God loves you and is watching over you. He'll never leave or forsake you. He wants you. Keep going to Bible School and church. Love the Lord and live your life for Him. I'm always going to be thinking of you and praying for you. Where there is prayer, there is hope. Keep praying. There is hope. You have a future ahead of you...a great future. Embrace what you have and love your family. Remember me because I will always remember you. You changed my life. If I could see you again...I will. If I can find you...I will. I promise this with my whole heart. If there is something I want you to take from this it is...I LOVE YOU! :)
Your Sister in Christ,
Brittani
P.S. Give anything but up.
