There’s hope

Posted by admin on Nov 8, 2011 in Blog, featured, News, Steven's Blog | 0 comments

Today flying out of Kilgali Rwanda i was thinking back on a John Mayer song “waiting on the world to change” i know! But I feel that way alot. I look at where our economy, Medicare, jobs, social security, and other government programs are heading and feel like there’s nothing I can do, you know? Even our politicians are spending the next year on how to get re-elected more than using there authority and power to help others as we elect them to do. Don’t freak out with me getting “political” I’m going somewhere with this.. Don’t get me wrong im going to vote- but I always get to election time like “this is who I have to choose from?”. What is Occupying Wall Street going to do? Wall Street funds these politicians.
BUT that’s just it. People are doing something! Occupy Wall Street is about people doing something. They aren’t rolling over and my generation can’t afford to do nothing! If anything, “occupy______city” may just show our strength and will for change! And I don’t know about you but I want things to change!

I’ve been in Africa all week wondering what could I possibly do to help. Its pretty overwhelming walking the streets in Addis. What could i possibly do to change anything?Atleast I thought that till I met my compassion child today. There it is. There is still hope. As long as I do something. They cannot afford for the church to sit around. We are the hope of the world- not government- we are. AND we have been given POWER to be the hands and feet and make disciples of nations! I may not be able to change much- but I can do this! Help reconcile what was lost in the genocide in 94 in Rwanda.! I saw first hand that my $30 per month doesn’t just change the life of Elisa (my child). It changed his whole family! And this his community in Rwanda. It will break many generations of poverty. He is 14 and healthy. He is already a little leader. He loves Jesus and he is enormously grateful- to the point that he will live for his community- in their culture he is the hope of the whole family. The hope of future support for the whole family. Hugging his neck today i felt the Lord reassure me- there is hope! Do something.