Africa/Wubete: One evening, we were watching a documentary video on Paul’s laptop called: “a walk to beautiful.” It ended up revamping a deep excitement for Africa and their hearts for the people of that Nation. There was a girl in the movie that particularly touched both of our hearts. Her name is Wubete (pronounced ‘woo-bee-tee’). As a girl in Ethiopia, at the young age of 2 years, she was expected to carry about 150+ pounds of water several miles from the well to their village on a daily basis. Because of the lack of proper nutrition in this country, the women there are almost all very short and young looking. They do not get the needed amount of calories to fuel their bodies for the work that they do, so they almost always end up around four feet tall by the age of 18 and are incapable of delivering a child without terrible consequences reeking havoc on their bodies – and most of the time, the infants hurt from this too.
Wubete was only one of the several girls in this video that touched our hearts. We watched as the film developed into a story of hope and joy for each of the girls. It gives us such great happiness to know that God has a plan for us in Africa and that our ministry there will be just as practical and life changing as the people who were helping these women and changing their lives.
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