tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post113024030846320003..comments2023-09-30T08:13:42.027-04:00Comments on Measuring Days: Jaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14065742546421747652noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post-1130706982165384552005-10-30T16:16:00.000-05:002005-10-30T16:16:00.000-05:00Jared:Dad and I watched Hotel Rwanda a couple of n...Jared:<BR/><BR/>Dad and I watched Hotel Rwanda a couple of nights ago and I was appalled - not so much by the movie and what it portrayed but that I didn't even know it was happening at the time. So much for being aware of current events. I must have been raising babies or something like that.<BR/><BR/>Today, Steve Yoder from our church - who works for Open Doors - spok about the persecution of the church throughout the world. Specifically, today, he spoke about Sri Lanka and India. After the tsunami, the government in Sri Lanka was actually withholding food and water from Christians. They interviewed a pastor who no longer had a Bible and was preaching from memory.<BR/><BR/>It was a sobering reminder of two things: how blessed we are in this country to be able to worship freely and how much more faithful we should be in prayer for our brothers and sisters around the world who are daily being persecuted for naming the name of Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post-1130364413236216742005-10-26T17:06:00.000-05:002005-10-26T17:06:00.000-05:00Dear Pastor, There is a link to the pictures our c...Dear Pastor, <BR/>There is a link to the pictures our church members took on this trip. http://humblestar.info/rwanda/<BR/><BR/>Josh will have the password you use for this. <BR/><BR/>There is a day where the group visited a memorial to the genocide. The pictures are very intense. I remember seeing them and wondering how Josh was handling the truth of what had happened. You might also ask him about the orphanage in China, another turning point in his worldview. How many people truly understand the one child policy, how it affects daily lives in China, how it affects the children of China? There is an excellent, but difficult book called "The Lost Daughters of CHina" which deals with this. Anyway, Josh could also suggest some titles to read on the genocide. <BR/><BR/>I have to remember, God is always God even in the midst of hard things. He is sovereign and that is what allows me to continue.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349493335246465504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post-1130338252793002242005-10-26T09:50:00.000-05:002005-10-26T09:50:00.000-05:00Hi Kim! It's great to hear from you. I have not he...Hi Kim! It's great to hear from you. I have not heard about Josh's trip to Rwanda and I will definitely ask him. One of my applications of watching the movie is to find out what I can about what happened - that'll be an interesting conversation.<BR/><BR/>Hi Mom! I'm glad you were able to encourage the ladies at Bible study. I've made it one of my goals in preaching to regularly encourage mothers of young children to see their great place in Christ's kingdom, just to remind them of what it is they're doing all day.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065742546421747652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post-1130334536111392082005-10-26T08:48:00.000-05:002005-10-26T08:48:00.000-05:00I read these last two paragraphs of this post to s...I read these last two paragraphs of this post to start our ladies Bible study last night. Although it wasn't really directly relavent to the subjest at hand (Paul's missionary journeys), I knew the young moms there would be encouraged by the outworking of the covenant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12001852.post-1130246723853748662005-10-25T08:25:00.000-05:002005-10-25T08:25:00.000-05:00Dear Pastor, Did you talk to Josh J. about the tim...Dear Pastor, Did you talk to Josh J. about the time he spent this summer serving in Rwanda? You can link to his blog, mine or a young man named Abram who also went. Abram discusses much of what he read in preparataion to to going. ONe thing the head of Rwanda Youth for Christ said was that the movie did not catch the horror of that time. Now, I did not watch the movie. But, Josh did on the way to Rwanda and he says when you watch the movie and realize it is a "cleaned up" version of what happened then you will be amazed. <BR/><BR/>Here is Abram's site:<BR/>http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=DancingYaks<BR/><BR/>One of the most beautiful things Josh spoke to me about were the "Grass Courts" in practice. Please ask him about Rwanda, what he did, why he went and how it struck him. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for having him over on Sunday for lunch. It continues to be a blessing to know that he is hearing the Word of God preached faithfully on Sunday and lived out well by the church leaders. <BR/>Blessings, Kim JohnsonKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349493335246465504noreply@blogger.com