well, i guess it’s a classic context issue, isn’t it? it is always a challenge connecting with 3rd world people, and recognizing how blessed we are and what responsibility comes with that blessing.

i’m personally not against wealth or feeling bad about being privileged to live in a wonderful place like australia (or owning an ipod for that matter)… i personally recognize that privilege because i am an immigrant from africa (and could perhaps have been described as a refugee at one point in our journey). i guess the real challenge comes with being a good steward and ensuring that we are a blessing to others as God would have us be. no question , our context demands more of us. not shame or embarrassment, but rather to be a generous conduit to those in need.

the alternative, i guess is to sell everything we have, including those essentials like the house and car, send it all to kenya, and keep a little for a boat ride there because we won’t be in a position to live here! :-)

by the way, i do remember visiting kenya back in the late 90′s. i remember leaving my mobile phone at home because i figured i was going to africa and wouldn’t be able to use it. much to my surprise, i was amazed to see every second person in nairobi with a mobile chatting away down the streets… bit of a shock, actually. globalisation is rapidly changing the landscape.

I recently had a challenging dinner & evening with a dear brother from the Maasi Tribe in Tanzania.
He came to Australia to tell of the ministry in which he is involved in his country.

I was rather apprehensive about his coming to the land of plenty and wondered if he would have a
battle in seeing the affluence here and the desperate need in his own country

How many pastoral ipods he saw in his time here. Just to think 15 of them would provide a good functional
class room to educate students so keen to learn!!!

ipods not working!!! computers mal functioning!!!! and a needy world!!
Help I’m confused!!!!!

iphone thing is a real bugger. both nic and i have iphones, and they both have issues after the 3.1 upgrade, and different issues at that. all of this is amply logged on the web where thousands and thousands of iphone users have been complaining of exactly the same issues. not good.