Suffer the Children: Responding to Global Hunger Together

But one of my late father's favorite verses was streams in the desert, that we serve a god who does streams in the desert. And as I stood in that dry riverbed, I was like, how long, oh lord? Two and a half years later, the member contacted me and said, here's a picture of the stream coming back to life. They thought it would take five years. Within two and a half years, they started to see the trickle. [00:51:27] (25 seconds)  #DesertStreamMiracle

These are good people who are struggling to survive, and our job is not to turn away. Our job is to lean in because we serve a big god who sees them and whose heart breaks for them even more than mine can or even more than yours can. And one of the other ways in which we ask you to get involved. As Christians, we believe that we are called to stand up and to speak. And this is where the advocacy part comes in. [01:03:50] (25 seconds)  #LeanInNotAway

There's a community and a generosity of spirit that we are called to care for our neighbors. One of the things in the scripture that was read is there is a lot that is asked upon us who have much. We are called not to turn away. And I loved in the song where it said, it may not seem like much, but the Lord will bless it. And that is what our work is, is that what we are called to give, when we are called to pray, when we are called to learn and advocate, it may not seem like much to us, but we serve a god of multiplication. [00:58:00] (33 seconds)  #GiveAndMultiply

One of the most heartbreaking things is as we were walking through this camp, you know, a couple of the colleagues were I'm a comms person, so I'm behind taking pictures looking for information that can make this real to people like you. As we're walking by, all of a sudden, I see a hand come out of a tent, and it was a plate with sweets on it. And she this woman who lived in this tent knew that they were visitors and immediately from her generous heart said, have to share. [00:57:08] (28 seconds)  #TentOfGenerosity

But part of this is that our politicians need to hear that we care about people around the world. So and it makes a difference. We hear from politicians when they say it. But one of the things we also hear is like, nobody talks to us about international stuff. But when we rise up our voices, we are speaking up for the niggils of the world. We are speaking up for people who often feel forgotten. [01:04:56] (25 seconds)  #RaiseVoicesForGlobalNeed

It's the wrong definition because we are living in a world now where it's okay for children to suffer These cuts that are being made are having implications that are deep and that are far and wide, and people are often turning a blind eye to them. But there is a let the children come. This is a camp in Sudan that was taken about a picture was taken about two and a half weeks ago. [00:55:48] (25 seconds)  #CutsHurtChildren

We know that there is an African proverb that says, where there is no peace, there is no bread. Where there is no bread, there is no peace. And we have definitely seen that in the world that we live in right now. And so we engage with Canadians to encourage them to give, pray, learn, and advocate, and we collaborate with other like minded organizations. [00:49:28] (23 seconds)  #NoPeaceNoBread

One of the things about these trips sometimes, it's really hard. It's really hard emotionally. And as I was walking through the community in South Sudan, it was hot. It was about 40 degrees, and it was a high humidity. But the oppressiveness that I felt was more than the heat. It was about the fact that I was walking through a community of hundreds, and I couldn't see anyone cooking because there was no food. [01:00:10] (26 seconds)  #NoCookingNoFood