Like Albita
Spent the day at a Compassion project yesterday. The highlight for me was the in-home visit. We walked through the dust up a hillside to a one room, dirt-floor home, where 7 year old Jonathon and his family live. (Jonathon is enrolled in the Compassion Project.)
One of Compassion's Leadership Development Program students, Albita, was with us and told her story. She has been in Compassion since she was five years old. She is now in her second year of university studying electrical engineering. She is completely sold out to Jesus and transforming her local community for God's Kingdom.
Jason Lantz was in the home with me. His daughter is five years old-the same age Albita began the Compassion program. Jason looked at her and said, "I hope my daughter grows up to be like you." I fell apart. I want my daughter, Tabitha, to grow up with a deep commitment to Jesus like Albita as well.
So here we are in the midst of poverty watching God transform lives. In this world there is both material poverty and spiritual poverty. In Ecuador we are working with material poverty but seeing people rich in spirit. In America we are rich in material things but so often living in spiritual poverty.
One of Compassion's Leadership Development Program students, Albita, was with us and told her story. She has been in Compassion since she was five years old. She is now in her second year of university studying electrical engineering. She is completely sold out to Jesus and transforming her local community for God's Kingdom.
Jason Lantz was in the home with me. His daughter is five years old-the same age Albita began the Compassion program. Jason looked at her and said, "I hope my daughter grows up to be like you." I fell apart. I want my daughter, Tabitha, to grow up with a deep commitment to Jesus like Albita as well.
So here we are in the midst of poverty watching God transform lives. In this world there is both material poverty and spiritual poverty. In Ecuador we are working with material poverty but seeing people rich in spirit. In America we are rich in material things but so often living in spiritual poverty.
posted by Greg Nettle at 9:36 AM
1 Comments:
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So true. The more that I have been trying to decrease my spiritual poverty, the more I have learned about helping others. I have been fortunate to get to know 2 LDP students and the family of one of them. Her story and love for Jesus has inspired me. She has taught me so much about trusting and seeking God and finding His purpose for my life. The deeper I look the more it becomes obvious to me that God is waiting for me to find Him and look for those that He wants me to serve.
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