It seems that any traditional or super Christian guy is looking for a girl to go to Africa with or a girl who has gone to Africa, its like then she proves that she truly does have a 'servants heart' (for those of you who aren't Christians and are reading this, this is a quality right up their with a good sense of humour). Well I don't have any desire to go to Africa and hold kids who pee on me or get lice from them. Not because I'm heartless but because.....seriously what can I do to help them??? Africa has an unhealthy codependancy on the 'white' world to help them, its time to cut those apron strings loose and let them start their own innitiatives because they know what they need more than we do. So no, Mr. Super Christian I'm not going to complete the cycle and go to Africa with you, I may volunteer with an organization run by Africans but not by whites. I think I would like to volunteer around the world like what my friends Jacob and Dana did but no, I'm not going to go and try to convert them. So yes, that is my angry rant for you Mr. Super Christian, I'm compassionate and loving, in fact I support a little girl in Africa, her name is Victoria...unfortunately the organization I went with partnered up with a Dutch organization and the main emphasis in her education is Christianity. I want her to learn, math and writing more than I do faith. At least I know she gets one meal a day in her belly.
ah yes, this is why we went with hands at work, they were one of the only organizations that we could find that supported local initiatives, allowed locals to run everything and we just supported them from the background.
ReplyDeleteand...conversion wasn't necessary :)
This is a really interesting perspective Adie. I've never heard anyone argue the angle of cutting the apron strings in regards to Africa - it's refreshing.
ReplyDeleteI stumbled upon this blog. Reading some of your stuff, I'm going to infer that you are a Christian of some sort. Here's an article that's the complete antithesis of yours. It's by an atheist who argues that Africa needs missionaries. Also, it's well written.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article5400568.ece
I stumbled upon this blog. Reading some of your stuff, I'm going to infer that you are a Christian of some sort. Here's an article that's the complete antithesis of yours. It's by an atheist who argues that Africa needs missionaries. Also, it's well written.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article5400568.ece