I Will Tell Them

I am sitting still
I think of Angelique
Her mother's voice over me
And the bullets in the wall where it fell silent
And on a thousands hill, I think of Albertine
There in her eyes what I don't see with my own
Rwanda

Now that I have seen, I am responsible
Faith without deeds is dead
Now that I have held you in my own arms, I cannot let go till you are

I am on a plane across a distant sea
But I carry you in me
and the dust on, the dust on, the dust on my feet
Rwanda

I will tell the world, I will tell them where I've been
I will keep my word
I will tell them Albertine

I am on a stage, a thousand eyes on me
I will tell them, Albertine
I will tell them, Albertine 

I will tell them, Benson.

I will tell them, Peter.

I will tell them, Denise.

I will tell them, Abel.

I will tell them, Victor.

I will tell them, Elijah.

I will tell them, Rahab.

I will tell them, Hannah.

I will tell them, Stella.

I will tell them, Lillian.

To the children in Rafiki Village Kenya - I will tell them.

I will tell them of your matchless love for Jesus, even at 4-years old.  I will tell them how you pray prayers so selflessly and without thought to your own needs.  I will tell them of how you love to learn, how your minds are like little sponges.  I will tell them of how you make me weep over your purity and innocence, how the faith you possess is deeper than any faith I have ever known.  I will tell them of your longings to be pilots, pastors, doctors, and teachers.  I will tell them of your dreams for Kenya and how you proudly sing its national anthem every morning before school.  I will tell them of how you make me laugh at your silliness and joyful spirit.  I will them what it's like to hold your little hand in mine and marvel at the sovereignty of  God in a land and in a country that often seems as though God forgot it.  I will tell them how you consider all 91 children in the village your brothers and sisters though you may not be related by blood.  I will tell them how you sing hymns from the very depths of your heart, so off-key and so very loud.  I will tell them of a God whose grace has abounded in the hearts of young Kenyan orphans.   

I will tell them.

Now that I have seen, I am responsible.

I will tell them where I've been because I carry you in me and in the dust on my feet.

I will keep my word.