OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND

Some people have a real problem when it comes to dealing with tragedy, calamity, and trouble.  “If it doesn’t affect me directly I simply ignore it.”  “Others can deal with this, I just can’t.”  “Let those people deal with it the best they can.”  These are some of the things we say when trouble is greater than our capacity to comprehend, let alone deal with.

 

We have a tendency to remove ourselves from the situation until the situation overtakes us.  Friends, the Ebola situation has overtaken so many people.  Can we turn our backs on humanity?  Can we continue to ignore this tragedy?

 

As you look into the face of those suffering, please remember that we all belong to the same race, same family, HUMANITY!  We must not turn our backs and wait for someone else to do something.  Look deeply into the face of some of the suffering in Liberia, West Africa.

 

 

A woman throws a handful of soil towards the body of her sister as Ebola burial team members take Mekie Nagbe, 28, for cremation on October 10, 2014, in Monrovia, Liberia. Nagbe, a market vendor, collapsed and died outside her home earlier in the morning while leaving to walk to a treatment center, according to her relatives. The burial of loved ones is important in Liberian culture, making the removal of infected bodies for cremation all the more traumatic for surviving family members. (John Moore/Getty Images)

 

 

 

Sophia Doe and her granddaughters Arthuneh Qunoh, 9, and Beauty Mandi, 9 months, weep as an Ebola burial team arrives to take away her daughter… for cremation on October 10, 2014, in Monrovia, Liberia. The children seen in the photo are daughters of the deceased. (John Moore/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Varney Jonson, 46, grieves as an Ebola burial team takes away the body of his wife, Nama Fambule, for cremation on October 10, 2014, in Monrovia, Liberia. He and his family said that she had been sick for more than a year with an undiagnosed illness and protested her body being taken away as an Ebola victim. (John Moore/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relatives of Hanfen John, who died due to the Ebola virus, mourn for him in Monrovia, Liberia, on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relative of Hanfen John, who died due to the Ebola virus, mourns for him in Monrovia, Liberia, on 10 October, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Death Has A Name And A Face!

Over 4,000 infected and over 2,100 deaths in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Four of our A/G pastors have died from Ebola. Today, number 5, 6, & 7 were added. Pastor Joseph Sleh, his wife Alice, and their infant son. Pray for the people of Liberia! The World Health Organization predicts that 20,000 will succumb to Ebola before it can be contained. Death has a name, and a face!

 

 

 

Speed the Light The Brown Family

You Like Bush Meat?

I have always been somewhat amazed at the various food items that are consumed in Africa.  Some are very good and tasty.  Some are not.  And some I have never tried.  Bush meat falls into the latter category for me.

 

What is bush meat?  That is the question that I have asked many times.  The answer that I usually receive is, “I don’t know.”  Umm… My taste buds are certainly not excited when I hear that answer, nor do I mimic Pavlov’s dogs.  When we were in East Africa, we didn’t hear the term “bush meat”, but we did hear about “mystery meat.”  I am not sure if they are the same or not.

 

So, what is bush meat?  I suppose it would be any kind of animal that is found in the jungle.  Yes, I said, “any kind” of meat!  Do you remember the old Hee Haw show where one of them would ask, “What’s for dinner, Grandpa?”  How about a pot of this –

 

 

 

If that does not tickle your palate, how about this one –

 

 

Are you hungry yet?

I think I will fast today… and probably tomorrow!

Getting There…

From the first, “Go ye into all the world…” until today, missionaries have found a way to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations.  By foot, motorcycle, on horseback, in the air and on the sea they have travelled.

 

Today, I carried the message of salvation in a way as never before – for me.  You see, it rained most of Saturday night.  This meant that many of the streets were flooded and almost impassable.  The church where we ministered this morning was flooded all around the outside.  Where we parked, the water was about two inches above my ankles.  There was only one solution – take my shoes and socks off and wade water all the way to the church!  This, in itself, was not  so bad, but with flooding comes the worst of sanitary conditions because of the tremendous amount of raw sewage that is washed from all the outdoor latrines. 

 

     

 

    

 

     

 

 

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!  Isa 52:7 KJV