Fire Down Below

I was at the program the other day with my girlfriend Amber and one of the program men noticed a house on fire. I yelled at some of the program men,"Lets Go!" We went down to help...for me mostly to see if anyone was trapped inside....but the community was trying to put the fire out with buckets of water and hoses. They also tried to get as much out of the house as they could. The house next to the one on fire quickly caught on fire and people were frantically breaking windows and trying to salvage as much as possible. It was a chaotic, sad, and emotional as people were running, yelling, crying, and helping one another. A few of the program men didn't listen to me the first couple of times when I tried to tell them to get out of the houses and away from danger. Eventually they listened when I got a little more stern. It was sad to see these families lose all there belongings. One of the program men told me that we had to keep helping because here it is not like the states where you get a lot of stuff back. It will take these people a long time to get stuff back. They don't have insurance like most of us do back in the US. I even understood why the guys weren't listening to me during the fires. I could see their compassion in action and it was cool to see everyone come together to help save what they could. I let them know that I wasn't going to allow them to risk their life for materially things. It was a learning experience and I am grateful that we were able to go and help. I am reading a lot about the Kingdom of God and I thought about the Kingdom after witnessing people come together amongst crisis and forget about themselves on behalf of others. I am 100% sure I saw the Kingdom of God yesterday. People were basically risking their lives to help these people salvage all they could. It was a memorable moment that I will never forget.