africa

"in our attempts to be advocates for africa, it is difficult to reach beyond simple awareness. and although simple awarenss is a vital first breath in the conversation about injustice, the Gospel calls us to something more transformational. it provokes us to the uncomfortable act of knowing and to the intentional decision to be present in the suffering of a person whose shoes walk daily on the battlefield where hope and death, life and despair wage their unyielding war. they don't want our pity. they don't want our charity. like all of us, they want to be known...how powerful it is to walk in somone's shoes when they're barefoot."

--jena lee, blood:water mission director

www.bloodwatermission.com

I couldn't agree with anything more than this right now in my life. the "intentional decision to be present in the suffering of a person (in africa)" is something I feel really strongly about.
would you pray for these people. you will hear much more about this from me in the coming months...but i encourage you to go to this website and click on "jena in west africa"...the director of blood:water went to africa and her journals are online.