OK the question everyone is asking me when told am going to live in an Urban Slum for 2 weeks ...
WHY?!
[My answer was going to go here it was going to be long and detailed with much deep and moving explanation. Then it came to sitting down and typing that all out in short not enough time sorry :) soo will give you the good short answer which every Sunday School kid knows... JESUS. May just need to follow as my travel blogging unfolds and will see why am going on this trip now, here with these people]
San Roque Fire Update
Servants have 175 homeless families registered through local Churches and have provided some building supplies and basic household cooker for each family. Rebuilding is already under way with my friends also rebuilding their home. Of note too the slum is 3000 homes in size and our host families we're not affected so all goes ahead as planned.
And lastly before I get on the plane :
May God bless you with discomfort
at easy answers, half truths, and
superficial relationships,
so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression, and
exploitation of people,
so that you may work for justice,
freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those
who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war,
so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and
to turn their pain into joy.
May God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference in this world,
so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
And the blessing of God who creates, redeems, and sanctifies be upon you
and all you love and pray for this day and forever more. Amen.
Written by Dave Andrews
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