I'm amazed at how quickly time passes. So much has happened since I last wrote on my blog. I have come to realize that I have allowed everyday life take me further and further from the experiences I had in Kyrgyzstan. I want to remember. I want to feel. I want to do. I MUST figure out how to balance my life activities better in order to do the Kingdom work that I am called to do. I need to change my priorities even in the midst of all of the change that is going on around me.
Today a young missionary to Kyrgyzstan put this in her blog:
"it is easier to be ignorant and say I don't know about the problem. But once you know, once you've seen it in their eyes, then you have a responsibility to do something. There is strength in numbers, and if we all work together as a team, we can be unstoppable." -Craig Kielburger
I quickly realized that she was talking to me. Reminding me that what we experienced in Kyrgyzstan and what God is doing in our lives is helping us reach our goals; To Serve Him and reach the lost, the hurting, the orphans, the widows.
Randy and I MUST stay focused and not allow the world to sink back into our ways of thinking. We are not the same as we were before our trip. Our mindset has changed but what I realized is that it is so easy to let the World take back over. This is why is it sooooooooo important that we support our missionaries. They MUST stay in the mission field! They MUST stay focused. The world can just take over and distract us. They MUST stay focused on the Kingdom work that they are called to do. My heart aches. Where is the support? Where is the passion? How can we stay ignorant? You don't have to travel to the ends of the world to see those eyes. Look at the missionaries pictures . . . look deeply into the eyes of the orphan. Into the eyes of the senior. Into the eyes of the man and the lady. Each and everyone of them has a story to tell. Hurt that needs healed. A hunger that needs fed. A need that needs met. Trust me . . . the missionaries can ONLY do what is needed by being there and not here. I have heard their cries. They don't want to be here they want to be there. We have a responsibility to support the missionaries. We are responsible to SEND them. They are responsible to do the work with the support that we give them.
Can you continue to be ignorant? Look at these pictures . . . look into their eyes . . . just try to imagine their story . . .
Today a young missionary to Kyrgyzstan put this in her blog:
"it is easier to be ignorant and say I don't know about the problem. But once you know, once you've seen it in their eyes, then you have a responsibility to do something. There is strength in numbers, and if we all work together as a team, we can be unstoppable." -Craig Kielburger
I quickly realized that she was talking to me. Reminding me that what we experienced in Kyrgyzstan and what God is doing in our lives is helping us reach our goals; To Serve Him and reach the lost, the hurting, the orphans, the widows.
Randy and I MUST stay focused and not allow the world to sink back into our ways of thinking. We are not the same as we were before our trip. Our mindset has changed but what I realized is that it is so easy to let the World take back over. This is why is it sooooooooo important that we support our missionaries. They MUST stay in the mission field! They MUST stay focused. The world can just take over and distract us. They MUST stay focused on the Kingdom work that they are called to do. My heart aches. Where is the support? Where is the passion? How can we stay ignorant? You don't have to travel to the ends of the world to see those eyes. Look at the missionaries pictures . . . look deeply into the eyes of the orphan. Into the eyes of the senior. Into the eyes of the man and the lady. Each and everyone of them has a story to tell. Hurt that needs healed. A hunger that needs fed. A need that needs met. Trust me . . . the missionaries can ONLY do what is needed by being there and not here. I have heard their cries. They don't want to be here they want to be there. We have a responsibility to support the missionaries. We are responsible to SEND them. They are responsible to do the work with the support that we give them.
Can you continue to be ignorant? Look at these pictures . . . look into their eyes . . . just try to imagine their story . . .
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