The Mission Link

Just 9 days until Internet Evangelism Day on April 27, 2008.

We cannot not do a better job describing IED than the people at If Jesus Had A Website, so we encourage you to read this post.

We live in the E age, the electronic age… And its an exciting time indeed…

We are working full steam on all the behind the scenes “stuff” for our Summer Mission Program.  This year (in Canada) we E mailed churches to let them know of the appointments, asking the churches to support and commission their “young person.”  Maybe you are thinking, “emailed,” big deal… But for CRWM it REALLY is a big deal. This might be the first year we have done that!

So why do a post about it? Its just so neat to see that within about 36 hours 3 churches have already responded… If I had MAILED them, they wouldn’t even have arrived yet…

Don’t let anyone try and tell you that paper is better - granted, it has its place, but welcome to the “E” age, and enjoy the 21st century!

When I lived in NYC, a local magazine had a feature that highlighted local folks and their individual fashion style. The set of questions included “how many pairs of shoes do you own?” I was never selected for an interview, but I always had the answer to that question ready, just in case anybody ever asked . . .

Megan Ribbens, who along with her husband Mike serves with CRWM in Nigeria, sent along a BBC article about people in that country who are “rubbish scavengers”, attempting to find useful things to sell among the piles of garbage.  One photo in particular really struck me . . . here’s a quote:

This is Abdullahi. The 15-year-old has brought a haul of rubbish to sell.

He hopes to make between 40 and 50 Naira ($0.42) for half a day’s scavenging.

In his haul is a single flip-flop.

Decent sandals are cleaned up and re-sold. Shoes that are beyond repair are shredded up and bought by upholsterers for stuffing leather footrests bought by visitors to the Kano tannery nearby.

I was struck by this (convicted?), and it just reminded me again of how working for an international agency has changed my perspective . . . and how far I still need to go.

So . . . how many pairs of shoes do YOU own?