Hello,
Having a bit of time on my hands between defending my plants from marauding Orangemen or rather their simple minded followers -the Orangemen being in my experience a well behaved bunch (more of which in another post), I've been out on one of my internet strolls.
I was particularly taken with a recent post by David Duff regarding 'Mercy Ships' which I strongly urge you all to read and follow the links from. True Christianity and all that is good in people in action. Unlike David Duff I am one of life's sentimentalists, so by the time I'd got halfway through his post I was bawling and close to hysteria by the time I got to the volunteers blogs. For those of you wondering what on earth I'm babbling about Mercy Ships dock in the hellholes of the world and on an unpaid, entirely voluntary basis provide desperately needed medical assistance to the poorest people in the world. If you have a quid or two spare please send it their way. If not beg steal or borrow some cash and donate it to Mercy Ships. Not least because of the medical assistance they provide but for their work in teaching valuable skills and providing valuable tools and equipment to the populations they help.
I should also point out that as all their money goes to the important work they don't have much to spend on the publicity they need to attract proper funds. Whilst Saatchi & Saatchi have agreed to do some pro bono work to promote them, they need all the publicity they can get, therefore I'm asking any bloggers reading to make a space in their sidebars for a link to Mercy Ships. I really cannot put into words my admiration for this fine band of volunteers.
Cheerio
4 comments:
Thanks, Clairwil, I don't care whether they are evangelical Christians, fervent Muslims or followers of David Icke, I have seen what they *do* (at second hand) and and what they *do* is go to arguably the place on earth nearest to hell and help people who have absolutely nothing.
Please, everyone, just take a minute and follow the links and make up your own minds.
The work the do is amazing. I'm not sure why people are so down on Christians doing charity/ humanitarian work.
It's not quite the same but I've long been impressed by the work of several churches in the poorer parts of Glasgow. If they're helping people they could worship garden gnomes for all I care.
I think the term 'Evangelical Christian' doesn't go down well with a lot of people, it brings up all sorts of negative connotations. Having known a couple of them in my time, I know they can be well meaning, if persistant and not a little annoying.
In the end, it doesn't really matter. If they help save lives and help to make lives more liveable, then the religious aspect of their mission is neither here nor there in my eyes.
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