AFRICA
I watched the movie, Eat, Pray Love last night. Good flick, but yes it is a little bit of a chick flick. But you should watch it anyways.
In the movie, she searches for how to "center" herself after a very difficult divorce and winds up having a life-changing around the world trip.
I once took a life changing trip. It included traveling 18 hours on a plane to Africa and spending two weeks in a small African village in Suna, Kenya. Those two weeks were a turning point in my life as I became deeply aware of what material things I posess and just how little others have. It is incredibly humbling to be around people who have so incredibly little, yet have perfected hospitality, cheerfulness, and humility. Some were starving. Many had AIDS. Parents were watching their own children die of either or both of these. Mile after mile of African landscape pulled more and more tears out of my eyes as we drove by things one would have difficulty even imagining.
My heart was forever changed by this experience. There was a little girl named Sarah who was 1 year old whom I carried around on my hip for two weeks straight. I miss her dearly and wish I knew how she is doing now. Tobias had Polio and other problems. I wonder if he is still alive. They were both beautiful.
I write this not to depress you, but to draw out of us, the need for awareness...the need for ALL of God's children to be aware of what another might be experiencing. Its important we take a look around, pray for others, live a life that is filled with doing right to others, and treat all humans with kindness.
I hope and pray that ALL of us search out experiences which can mold us, shape us, and leave us forever changed.
Shalom!
Pastor Annette
In the movie, she searches for how to "center" herself after a very difficult divorce and winds up having a life-changing around the world trip.
I once took a life changing trip. It included traveling 18 hours on a plane to Africa and spending two weeks in a small African village in Suna, Kenya. Those two weeks were a turning point in my life as I became deeply aware of what material things I posess and just how little others have. It is incredibly humbling to be around people who have so incredibly little, yet have perfected hospitality, cheerfulness, and humility. Some were starving. Many had AIDS. Parents were watching their own children die of either or both of these. Mile after mile of African landscape pulled more and more tears out of my eyes as we drove by things one would have difficulty even imagining.
My heart was forever changed by this experience. There was a little girl named Sarah who was 1 year old whom I carried around on my hip for two weeks straight. I miss her dearly and wish I knew how she is doing now. Tobias had Polio and other problems. I wonder if he is still alive. They were both beautiful.
I write this not to depress you, but to draw out of us, the need for awareness...the need for ALL of God's children to be aware of what another might be experiencing. Its important we take a look around, pray for others, live a life that is filled with doing right to others, and treat all humans with kindness.
I hope and pray that ALL of us search out experiences which can mold us, shape us, and leave us forever changed.
Shalom!
Pastor Annette
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