While in downtown Bangor, I was walking around the place to get a feel of everything. I even got to share my story with a Welsh woman in a secondhand store.
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Casey Stegall and two mission team partners enjoy time in downtown Bangor, Wales.
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As I was leaving, I walked over to the bus stop to wait for the next bus back to my host home. I saw two young boys sitting on the curb smoking cigarettes. Now, that wouldn’t have bothered me, but the fact that they looked to be in maybe fifth grade blew my mind. They also were using language that would make a sailor blush. I looked at these kids and knew God still loved them and still wants them as his own.
If I hadn’t had to be back home so quickly, I would have stayed and tried to start up a conversation. As it was, I got on the bus and watched the kids sit on the sidewalk as I drove off, and I said a silent prayer. I prayed that God shines his light upon them.
I am so blessed to be able to serve such a mighty and forgiving God, because he loves those children just as much as he loves you and me. And I know that no matter what we do in this world, God still will be with us, and he will still love us just as much as he did the day that he breathed life into our lungs.
Casey Stegall, a student at South Plains College, is serving in Bangor, Wales, with Go Now Missions.
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