You know my name

It was a day like many I have had at Hope Children’s Home…I was surrounded by a lot of children! If all of the children at Hope Children’s home and all of the students at Alpha Omega are present, there are nearly 300 kids. Before we came to Uganda, I had determined in my heart to do whatever I could to remember as many of their names as possible. I had seen a familiar face approach me and I bravely asked if her name was Teopista. Her shy, happy smile she gave me told me yes, that was her name. How many times has somebody remembered your name that you don’t know very well. How does it make you feel? After remembering Teopista’s name, she seeks me out to find me and spend time with me. She writes notes to me and slips her hand into mine and looks up at me with her radiant smiling face. I know it meant the world to her that in the midst of all the children that are at Hope Children’s home and at Alpha Omega school I remembered her name. We all want to be remembered. We all want to be significant. We all want others to remember our name.

As you are all approaching the holiday season, I encourage you to stop and remember somebodys name. Remind them that they are loved. Remind them that they are significant. Remind them that Jesus loves them so much that he came to earth to tell us that HE remembers our name.