Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Africa and Owies

As I have late shift nights (holding our baby so my wife can sleep during feedings) I am spending lots of time reading blogs, catching up on movies, or facebooking--with one hand. I saw this video today and was inspired.

I pray for Africa a lot. I've only been there once and it was amazing. I hope to go back one day with my family. I've also been teaching my 2 year old daughter through pictures about the water issues that that most of Africa faces. I've told her that African kids have "owies" in their tummies because they have dirty water and then we pray for them. She is consumed with people and their "owies." So now when she brings up Africa she says, "Kids have owies," and then we pray for God to HEAL! Right? Like I blogged before, we as the church need to believe this and do something. This video reminded me that God want to heal the sick AND simply change my life in surrender and freedom from materialism--willing to use all that I have for him

2 comments:

New Branch said...

tony! congrats to you and wendy! and i had to post about africa. an african pastor once told me that God told him, if America would give to Africa what God has given America, then God would give America what He has given Africa. Translation: America needs to share our wealth and we will get revival!

Autumn said...

Good stuff Tony! Love the video. . .