Monday, August 31, 2009

Liberia coming to Appleton - redux!

I pretty much want to re-post mostly everything written in my last post - with maybe a few future tense -> past tense switches!

OR&R is just a cool organization and it was great to have the chance the chance to hear more stories and learn more about the work they're doing. Andrew spoke at both services, and in between hung out with some caffeinated and well-sugared middle- and high schoolers. That was probably my favorite part, actually, because the kids had interesting questions and were just plain fun to hang with!

Have I mentioned that Liberia is an amazing, beautiful place? There is so much potential and so many challenges.... Several folks started talking about maybe going to Liberia next year to help out with some of OR&R's work. Whether it's giving money or going ourselves or something in between, I kind of have the feeling that whatever we can do to "help" people there will really end up helping us here even more - to better understand ourselves, others... a bit of what God is doing in this crazy world, and how we just might be privileged enough to be a part of that.