FROM JOHANNESBURG - MONDAY AUG 18

 

As the primary writer for the "news" from our Village of Hope, I am writing from South Africa.  In a few hours I will be having major surgery.  However, Benedict and I have had a couple of days to rest and be together away from the demands and work at the Village.  We also went on a tour of Johannesburg, Soweto, and the Apartheid Museum.  What a history is here.  People have struggled, suffered, and even died for the cause of equality and freedom.  How many of us are willing to go to such lengths for the Kingdom and its purposes?  How many are willing to give so much to help rescue millions of orphans here and around the world?  I'm afraid that our determination, and willingness to give so much of ourselves is sorely lacking as we value our comfortable lives and lifestyles.