Mar 05 2008
Yesterday I witnessed something that had such a profound affect upon me that I simply cannot forget about it. I was in the Dominican Republic and I watched this poor soul take a nasty metal can and scrape it through the gutter of the street in an attempt to gather filthy water just so he could have something to drink. He then took the can and gathered more dirty water and poured it over his head so he could take a bath.
Feb 22 2008
No matter how often I hear people say, “do you know I think the Lord is calling me to ministry,” I never grow tired of it. I just finished being a keynote speaker at a mission’s conference here in Georgia. After the conference, my new friend, Mark, came up to me and said, “We’ve got to go eat lunch and we’ve got to do it right now.”
Feb 21 2008
When we think big for the Lord, it does not necessarily have to involve large numbers of people. Rivers of the World (ROW) is thinking big this month in the Congo and in Brazil with what we call microeconomic projects. In Kenya ROW helped a man buy two chickens, which enabled him to start an egg business. Another microeconomic project is taking a sewing machine to the middle of the Congo and teaching people how to sew and how to turn that skill into a job that provides school uniforms for children.
Feb 20 2008
Here is your assignment for today…think big for the Lord. Too often we think in little terms and we pitifully tell God there is no way He could possibly use us because we are too young, old, inexperienced, uneducated, etc.
Feb 13 2008
There are some things that you just wonder about. For instance, I have often wondered what it is like for a military family when their loved one returns from fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan after being gone for a long time. I can relate from the perspective of a father because my son just returned from Iraq and that was very exciting.
Feb 12 2008
I just returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic, where I served alongside some young college students from Hampden-Sydney College, located in Hampden-Sydney, Va. My young college friends have to be exhausted.
Feb 10 2008
No one really noticed Lolita because she was just the housekeeper. Oh, the family was grateful for Lolita, but they never really paid much attention to this dear woman. That was until the family was pinned down in the middle of a battle during a horrible civil war.
Feb 09 2008
One of the favorite television shows of folks here at Rivers of the World (ROW) is “Everybody Loves Raymond,” featuring lead characters Raymond Romano and two-time Emmy award winner Patricia Heaton. Ms. Heaton recently did a wonderful thing in support of ROW.
Feb 07 2008
Within the first week of this new year, I will be in four different countries. It is hard to imagine but during that first week, I will visit two countries in the Middle East, I will arrive home to a country that I call home, the United States, and then I will pack my things and head to the exciting work of Rivers of the World (ROW) in the Dominican Republic.
Feb 03 2008
The vast world in which we live in is actually quite small when you think about it. How could the tsunami in Asia, the earthquake in Pakistan and Hurricane Katrina affect Rivers of the World (ROW) in Africa?