Savior

How is it that several action packed days have passed (including moving in to our home stays with our Kenyan families, going to our first worship service in Kenya, and actually walking around in the community) and my mind is still stuck on our home visits to several of the Umoja guardians and students.

I'm stuck on the notion that I'm playing the role of savior. That there are people who view me as the one to save them. Who see me as the person who provides their child's meal at lunch each day, the one who funds the distribution of blankets and sanitary towels. When in fact, that isn't me at all. I'm a student; I haven't even donated to GIP or Umoja. Not only am I not the savior, I am unworthy of their praises for actions that are not my own.

How do I avoid getting wrapped up in this mentality that I can save people? That a donation or a gift that I can give will make a lasting change? How do I give in a way that points to Jesus as the savior? How do I step away from the idea of saving people from their situations and move more towards friendship - a friendship in Christ? A friendship that inspires us both, changes us both, grows the way we see God, and ultimately saves us both.