Guest Blogger - George Orwa: It's a Choice

IT IS A CHOICE.

Every boy grows up wanting to be someone in life. What they become in life is shaped by whom they associate with, the path they choose to follow as teenagers, the friends they have, what they watch, books they read, and what they come to believe in. As a child I faced many short comings in life. I lost a lot of loved ones and was disappointed by people I was looking up to. I gave up many at times. I had the right to say enough is enough. The difference is that I never lost hope. For me, hope was the light in my journey I was traveling on. I started thinking of how I could survive. In Africa, someone has to survive. As a young man - in and out of the streets, I was faced with many choices as any African abandoned orphaned boy is. Maybe I could have done drugs, just to sweep away my pain, the pain of rejection, the pain of missing loved ones, the pain of feeling left alone in the world. All these come up in my mind. On the other side, I had an iota of a choice, go to school, reject peer pressure and press on. None of the above worked for me-I chose one thing I have never regretted. I CHOSE GOD-at a tender age. And that best choice has worked for me.

After my choice of Jesus, a lot has happened and I am overwhelmed. It is hard to explain but those who know me, bare these simple unnoticed facts, that since then, I did not end up somewhere I thought I could end up in or, them in that case. But my love for God has continued since that day, not because what He has given me-but because HE is God. Whatever happens, bad or good, HE WILL REMAIN GOD.

I thank Him every day for all that He has done to me. A wonderful wife who left her American dreams for ‘GODS Dream’, just to make God known in East Africa. She too chose God. I choose God too. My wife and I choose God. It is a choice. To serve God- A choice that comes with sacrifices. A choice we chose.

I write this to encourage all those who support us: those that sacrifice their pockets to support us in our choice, those that sacrifice their time to pray for us- Our home church Rancho Del Rey, and all those friends everywhere in America. Let us all choose God in 2012. To let Him be known wherever we are, at work, or school, hospitals. As my wife and I do our best to make him known in East Africa, we pray that God gives you strength and grants you the gift of life for the choice you have both made for us, as we choose to serve God in all our lives.