PRAYER

Ok, so for those of you who don't know, I raise money as a missionary to provide for my family. It's a tough thing, especially in these times of people worrying about the economy. HOWEVER, it also provides a great opportunity for us to develop our trust and faith in God. Never have we gone without, never have we not had our needs, and many of our desires met. Yes, it gets tough we I haven't received a paycheck for a month, or month and a half. And yet, the faith that we've developed as we've watched God meet our needs time and time again has been huge!

What I really hate, is when people get defensive towards me and their first response is that money is not the only way people can help.

Um, thank you for very plainly and openly saying that you don't care. Thank you for your bluntness! Thank you for your concern and caring spirit.

CONFESSION TIME. I've had many daydreams of punching people in the face. I know, I know, money is a touchy subject with people. Sorry, got off track there.

The point is, prayer is a huge weapon that most of us fail to utilize..............EVER (unless we personally need something). We cannot each of us individually conquer the worlds issues on our own. I do not have enough money to end world hunger. However, I love a quote I came across by Robert Kennedy where he says "Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and in the total of all these acts will be written the history of this generation.....Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.......But we also know that only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly."

The past few months my eyes have been opened in an extreme way to the plight of people across the world in need. While I can't meet every need financially, I do what God moves me to do. With the rest of the need that moves my heart, I have decided to dedicate each day of the week to praying for a ministry or organization that is working around the world. So, here is that schedule....

Sunday>24-7 Prayer (www.24-7prayer.com)

Monday>XXX Church (www.xxxchurch.com)

Tuesday>Team World Vision (www.worldvision.org/team)

Wednesday>Blood:Water Mission (www.bloodwatermission.com)

Thursday>One (www.one.org)

Friday>Invisible Children (www.invisiblechildren.com)

Saturday>Compassion (www.compassion.com)

I encourage you to get involved in ministries and organizations around the world. Do your homework, read up, watch videos, and then prayerfully get involved. Give money. Give money. Give money. (You can do without one coffee a week, one meal out a week, etc. I promise you will survive!) With the rest, seriously devote time to prayer. PRAY. PRAY. PRAY. (You can do without that extra hour of sleep every morning. I promise you will survive!) Get involved. DO SOMETHING!