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The United Nations Website for reporting on the Millennium Development Goals (www.un.org/millenniumgoals/) reports that more than one billion people live in hunger and extreme poverty. Over 32 million children are out of school. In addition to an increased likelihood of being out of school as compared to boys, girls face gender discrimination that leads to lower earning, increased illness and violent crimes. The likelihood of a child dying before its first birthday is 8 times higher for those in developing countries than for those in developed countries, and 13 times higher for the bottom billion of the population. Maternal health, labor and sex trafficking, access to clean water, HIV/AIDS, and environmental sustainability each bear grim statistics that call for action, and perhaps the hardest of all to acknowledge, is that 24,000 children in developing countries die preventable deaths every day.

The purpose of this blog is to provide information related to understanding these issues and to provide multiple resources to enable readers of this blog to take individual action. The blog will also provide updates on current activities and partnerships addressing these issues as well as some “catch up” backstories as many have asked about the path that brought me to my current passion to address social injustices and the belief that real progress is not only possible it's essential and although many of the issues are complex there are many tangible and specific things that can be done now to reduce the suffering and improve the lives of literally billions of people.


Monday, December 5, 2011

Backstory: Short-Term Mission Immersion Continues


Over the six months following The School of Nations I participated in missions to the Amazon (June 2010) with Mike Silva International, Indonesia (July/August 2010) with Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara and Revive Indonesia, and again to Indonesia (October 2010) with Revive Indonesia. Whether providing medical or dental clinics, or sharing and showing God’s love, I found each trip reinforcing the call to help and refining and confirming ways in which I could make a difference in the lives of people throughout the nations. I was fortunate to be born into the wealthiest nation of all time in the course of human history.  It was neither my right nor my fault.  It is my privilege, and with that privilege comes responsibility.  I am called to serve.

“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth”.  1 John 3: 17-18
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