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“The greatest pain is rejection, the feeling that nobody really wants you “like that.” The feeling that you are seen as ugly, dirty, a burden, of no value. This is the pain I have discovered in the heart of our people.”
Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche Communities
Help End Local Poverty’s “We Have Not Forgotten” campaign. Visit their site to see how you can help.
Highly recommend “When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…and Ourselves” by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert
Today some incredible friends say their goodbye to the US as they take their family to begin the first East African based production facilities for Mana Nutrition.
Bret and Johnna Raymond have become heroes to me as they have literally devoted their lives to following God’s story of rescue and redemption specifically to the people of Rwanda by focusing on saving the lives of their children who are suffering and dying from Severe Acute Malnutrition.
Severe Acute Malnutrition takes the lives of approximately 2 million children every year and the largest concentration of need is based in East Africa. The good news is that It only takes about 30 lbs of therapeutic food at a cost of about $60 USD to save the lives of these children. So, there is hope.
Bret, Johnna and the Raymond family will be the face of this hope to so many, and it has been a honor to watch this story unfold. Their journey has not been easy and today there are probably more uncertainties than ever, but once their plane touches down in Rwanda life will have changed forever. However, they have made it this far and now as their labor is set on opening a production facility. We pray for their efforts, their family and for their success.
Follow their journey and please consider supporting them in anyway you can.
Is it safe to challenge the status quo? No. It’s not. Post completed.
Challenge is an aggressive word. It suggests victory … or loss. It implies a struggle and change, possibly forced change. Change creates uncertainty for people. And uncertainty breeds worry and fear… (read more)
Courtesy of Compassion International: http://blog.compassion.com/is-it-safe-to-challenge-the-status-quo/#ixzz0t6HxgHpD“
I believe God wants us all to live bothered by things around us that are not right….
Possibly the most important indicator of true religion is the desire to love and care for people who hurt.
”Palmer Chinche
