Go to a street in downtown Dallas or Fort Worth and you will probably see a homeless person. Looking at his/her face you can see the personal struggles they deal with daily. Go to Honduras and seeing a child who lives in the City Dump in Tegucigalpa, and I realize the struggles they deal with in a day is something I can't wrap my mind around. Some of their faces are expressionless, no hope, no love. Many of the Dump children go days without eating a good meal and longer without access to clean drinking water. A bad day at work, a "half-stocked" pantry, or frustrated because my 3G cellphone is slow, is beyond minuscule to the things I have seen in Honduras. God calls us to feed and love His children, OUR neighbors whether next door or 2,000 miles away.
This time next week myself and 25 others, the large majority from CrossPoint Church of Christ will be in Honduras helping feed the poor, build brick homes, and most importantly love each one. Envision poverty and take it three levels down. Some of these pictures grasp the level of poverty that Honduras has. It's something that until you actually experience, you can't understand it. I ask that you pray for my group. I pray that God opens our eyes to what His plans are for our group. I pray that God ignites a fire in our hearts to start change, to break the cycle of poverty. Because while one person can change the world, it sure doesn't hurt if millions more are trying to do the same thing.
I've a special interest in this group...one of our four sons, Steve B, and his wife Shannon are going on this trip. I have all of you in my prayers (so do many of my friends) and God is blessing your efforts.
ReplyDeleteDr. Seuss said,
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
Each of us has to do whatever it takes...it begins with me!