08 December 2006
Blood Diamonds Decline, Poverty Doesn't
Here's a story on Yahoo!News about the conflict diamond trade and how -- even now that Sierra Leone and other countries are more politically stable -- poverty reigns and conflict diamonds are still being traded.
I'm thinking about seeing Blood Diamond this weekend...I'll be sure to post if I think it's worth your two hours and eight bucks.
As I learn more and more about the mission field we're entering and the people we'll be meeting, I'm struck by the way that economics, politics, justice and faith intersect and I wonder how our team will respond when we're face-to-face with the reality of life in West Africa. I'm expecting the experience in Liberia and Sierra Leone to be quite different from my experience in Ghana. I simply pray that God will keep my heart, eyes, and ears open to God's people and to the opportunities that present themselves to us.
I'm thinking about seeing Blood Diamond this weekend...I'll be sure to post if I think it's worth your two hours and eight bucks.As I learn more and more about the mission field we're entering and the people we'll be meeting, I'm struck by the way that economics, politics, justice and faith intersect and I wonder how our team will respond when we're face-to-face with the reality of life in West Africa. I'm expecting the experience in Liberia and Sierra Leone to be quite different from my experience in Ghana. I simply pray that God will keep my heart, eyes, and ears open to God's people and to the opportunities that present themselves to us.
