the work and experiences here is often downright depressing. it's difficult to process.
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3 comments:
thanks for telling me where to read regarding your experiences in Zambia. I can only imagine the difficulty of seeing such suffering right in front of your face while having little or no power to alleviate their pain. Good luck balancing all the thoughts, emotions, and strains that are bombarding your senses on this trip. All the best!
It's a good experience reading your entries because it brings back a lot of the memories and experiences I had both summers in Manila, in 2003 and 2004. Several things I immediately connected with:
- upon seeing so many children living in the Filipino slums, reconsidering my views on child labor, contraception, and non-abortion family planning
- amazed that in the midst of poverty, children, parents, and communities can remain so happy and relatively optimistic. this made me think a lot about what truly brings happiness to us - certainly not money
- reading the old testament and seeing that, when you live in the midst of poverty, the Scriptures become so much more real. verses on things like HUNGER and DOWNTRODDEN and all of the pastoral / agricultural references really come alive and make so much more sense, than if you were reading these verses from a Starbucks in Manhattan
- realizing that my own Christian perspective towards poverty and development hangs in perpetual limbo between "God, would your kingdom come soon - it seems that suffering and hurt will never end on this earth", to "God, give us the power, wisdom and humility to realize as much of your kingdom here on earth as possible while we're here."
I'll keep checking in on your blog. Thanks for sharing Stina. Let me know if people really are coming to Zambia for Christmas =)
I know it's tough being out of your element and seeing all the poverty, but hang in there! It's such a unique experience that you will be able to draw upon for the rest of your life.
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