tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574832774101813976.post1276984784955449424..comments2023-10-24T08:21:06.364-07:00Comments on Moss Moments: the difference one can make... UPDATEDjeniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01353955201144145831noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574832774101813976.post-13205773944761198002009-12-08T09:18:56.094-08:002009-12-08T09:18:56.094-08:00Where do you even FIND these amazing blogs & s...Where do you even FIND these amazing blogs & stories?!? I love that you share them w/the rest of us... I just read that blog for almost 1/2 an hour. Whoa. Really helped my re-put things in perspective. THANK YOU!:-)Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551816930053518469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574832774101813976.post-7961771887525506352009-12-07T08:44:35.074-08:002009-12-07T08:44:35.074-08:00Sandra,
If you click the link in Katie's blog...Sandra, <br />If you click the link in Katie's blog that leads to her ministry website - Amazima Ministries - you will see that they do in fact have a child sponsorship program that pays for children's education in addition to meals and healthcare.<br /><br />I took Jenifer's point to be the impact of what Katie HERSELF is doing as an individual - not just what an entire organization can do - but the difference ONE person can make if we would just be willing. Katie is following in obedience to what God has called her to do. We don't burn out when we are walking exactly in the footsteps God has called us to. Get tired? Yes. Frustrated? Perhaps. Burned out? No. It's when we launch out on our own, trying to do things in the way that we think best, that we get burned out. <br /><br />I have never in my life witnessed a more amazing example of all-out, complete self-sacrifice and obedience to the call of God. She is doing all she, personally, can do to change the lives of not only the 14 girls she has adopted, but all of the children - AND their families - that she ministers to daily through her lunch program and through the healthcare she provides. She is 21 years old. How many other people - no matter their age - are making such an impact for the kingdom of God? I know I'm not.<br /><br />Education is definitely key in most areas of the world, but in a village where there is no industrialization, or even an "economy" per se, a person has to be healthy, warm, and fed before they can worry about being educated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574832774101813976.post-38255433378023697832009-12-06T19:42:28.831-08:002009-12-06T19:42:28.831-08:00Thank you for sharing such an inspiring story! I l...Thank you for sharing such an inspiring story! I loved it! it just made me count my blessings. Mainly, my wonderful children.Yayihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00647001352983419535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574832774101813976.post-30895692268787373532009-12-06T08:44:39.688-08:002009-12-06T08:44:39.688-08:00Jen, this is complicated. I admire anyone who tri...Jen, this is complicated. I admire anyone who tries to improve the lives of children. But, for example, here is a group that I am more comfortable with -- HELPING: Help for Education and Local Projects in the Gambia (http://www.helping-gambia.org.uk/). Martin's family knows the people personally who have set this up. They go regularly to Gambia, local people here sponsor children's education, school uniforms, etc. They have built schools (there is a lunch garden at one of the schools that we donated funds in celebration of Martin's parents' 50th.) It seems more comprehensive--it's through education that the cycle can be broken. I think this girl is in serious danger of burning out too soon. And it's not always the answer just to adopt (I say this as an adoptive parent)...Complicated eh? But I konw what you mean about wanting to do it all. Love you for caring so much about the world.Sandra Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00343115013230735389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574832774101813976.post-39376360520157847992009-12-05T05:01:14.505-08:002009-12-05T05:01:14.505-08:00thank you jen for the reminder. I can't stop r...thank you jen for the reminder. I can't stop reading her blog.beckyjunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071227276750652575noreply@blogger.com