Monday, September 8, 2008

2 Weeks in Africa (Caedmon's Call)

Johannesburg to Capetown,
the plane had barely touched down.
She was taking photos for the friends back home.
This was always where she felt her heart belonged.
She was finally here,
the sky was bright and clear.

(Two weeks....)
And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)
to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,
for two weeks in Africa.

Johannesburg to Houston,
she came home on a mountain.
But school was starting, things kept moving on.
Before you knew it, seven years had gone.
She found a picture of her,
standing, smiling,
arms around the starving kids.
She swore not to forget,
she swore not to forget...

(Two weeks....)
And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)
to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,
for two weeks in Africa.

And if we follow our dear sun
to where the stars are not familiar.
Faces turn to numbers,
numbers fall like manna from the sky.
Why, oh why?
Oh Father, why?
One village in Malawi now has water running pure and clean.
One church alive in Kenya's full of truth and love and medicine.

We put the walls up, but Jesus keeps them standing.
He doesn't need us, but He lets us put our hands in.
So we can see, His love is bigger than you and me.

(Two weeks....)
And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)
to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,
for two weeks in Africa.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your making me cry Mark reading the words to this song you know!?! I DO NOT want to forget what we all experienced in Old Naledi! I DO NOT WANT TO FORGET! HOW DO I NOT FORGET? I want to go back to tomorow, and I do not know know how to adjust to being back. I am a wreck this afternoon just sitting here looking at my pictures! Any words of encouragement would be of MUCH, MUCH help!

Your sister in Christ,
Kim

Scott Shipes said...

Mark,
I have this CD. I have listened to it alot today. I plan to play for everyone on Thur. Jet Lag is kicking my head.

Scott

Amanda said...

What a perfect song! Although it has been over 6 months since I was in Old Naledi, I can relate. Rest assured you won't forget...at least I haven't. I think about it each and every day! I am so glad that you all got to experience that part of God in Africa! It's kind of like getting to know a different side of a person you thought you knew well. Just keep replaying those days in your mind and know that you were not only a blessing to those in Old Naledi and some along the way, but you all have also been blessed tremendously!

Love,
Amanda