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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Christmas Wish-List

 
 
6 things I've decided to do differently this Christmas. (for reasons why, read the blog below)

1. Stop Hoarding

-Clothes and go through my cupboard and give away every piece of clothing that I haven't worn in the last 5 months

-Food and have piles of tinned and canned meals in my car and at my home ready to give to any who ask for "A christmas box"

2. Start Inviting

-The lonely to my home for a meal

-The lost to one of our christmas services at church (people generally say "yes" at this time of year)

-The lazy to hit the back garden for a game of cricket, a round of golf or even a swim in the ocean...yes, I do swim on occasion...when conditions are perfect)

3. Lose my pale skin

(I know, it would be a christmas miracle, but one can dream!)

4. Watch Less

-television and series on my own with the justifying statement of "it's MY holiday!"

-movies as a default when asking the question, "what should we do today?"

5. Keep Quiet

-when family frustrate me

-and ask more questions rather than always giving my opinion. (be interested and stop trying to be interesting)

6. Make Memories

-with my parents, brothers, sister in law and nephews

-for other people who haven't had many memorable christmas' before

-by taking the danger encircled path of sacrifice over the highway of self-entitlement and gluttony


Best Christmas ever?

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

A Zimbabwe Adventure (part 2)

Check out the link and youtube clip below to get a small feel of what Rob Chifokoyo and his Dare2Serve team are doing with the Street School they have started up and are implementing in the city of Harare.

Adding to their mobilisation of young people in the city to serve the lost, the last and the least through building into orphanages, retirement homes, street corners and youth conferences, comes the initiative of adding value on an educational level to street children who would normally have no hope of anything greater than their present circumstances. We were able to catch a glimpse of this incredible work.




To read more about who and what Dare2Serve is about, click on the link below

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.397927590266227.89398.164905960235059&type=3#!/pages/Dare2Serve/234595256603066?sk=info

The storm is coming but I don't mind
People are dying, I close my blinds
All that I know is I'm breathing now
I want to change the world, instead I sleep
-Ingrid Michaelson