Filed under: reflections
November 6th was a day that was indescribable by words themselves…
A group called Cross roads came to SSIS and put together an activity that touched me in a way that i think only people who have actually lived in Africa for more than a year would feel, but even if you haven’t lived there this group still put thought, feeling, and sympathy in everyone’s hearts. Living in Africa i was able to see things (poverty) get terrible, and you do get the thought of not being able to help ‘ALL’ the people. There are so many people just in Africa that need help, and when you think of the whole world you might just get a feeling of imposibleness.
David, a speaker from Cross Roads was the person who showed me that it is not impossible. It’s just that you have to take things one by one. Even if you don’t have tons of money to be helping other people with you can still help. It’s not about the money, it is about all the small things that add up. If every person in the world gave just one dollar we would have 6,700,000,000 dollars. 6.7 BILLION DOLLARS!!!! All you need is to believe you can help the people, and get people who believe with you. Like i was saying before i was in Africa. I lived there for three years, and in those three years i saw so many people in starvation, begging, selling peanuts, and kids playing. There are little kids begging for even the smallest amount of money, and just to give it to their ‘father’, the man who gives them shelter, water, food, and nothing extra. There are little kids and women on the street putting peanut by peanut in an empty bottle. I saw kids playing with balls with no air, rocks, paper, and so many other things, and they are having fun with that. They don’t have to have anything special, unlike THE MAJORITY of the people living with a ’suitable’ income. ‘We’ have taken things for granted. We don’t realize how good our lives are until we have an event like ‘A Walk In The World’s Shoes, or see it for ourselves. We can ALL help, no matter what age!!
I have always thought of doing something like cross roads, and after David spoke to us all it makes me want to do it even more. I mean the smallest things can help, so why don’t we all start helping all those in need. Again if everyone in the world ONLY donated 1 DOLLAR we would have 6.7 BILLION in total. This could do SO MUCH for those in need. So next time your buying a new pair of shoes, a soccer ball, new clothes, or anything you DON’T HAVE to HAVE, but WANT…just think of how lucky you are. Donate anything you think would help.
