Our Purpose In Action

The following letter from a 2001 graduate who wrote while on a mission trip to Ethiopia:

Near the end of Tuesday, a baby was brought in. He was 2 mo. old, weighed 4 lbs. and his mom had died 5 days before. He literally was a skeleton. The 6 of us girls rotated taking care of him 24 hours and feeding him through a tube. We got really attached to him and prayed that he would get better. He kept the food down and seemed to be gettting well, but on Thursday he died. This is life here. The sickness. The famine. The death. It's so hard to watch this and then go back to a big dinner. Or to think about how MUCH I have. It's hard to think about the fact that one American meal could pay for a month of food for one of those little ones.

I am once more overwhelmed and I ask the Lord what my response to this should be. How my life should change as a result of this experience. Several things come to mind - "To whom much is given, much is demanded." (Lk 12:48) and "Whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." (Matt. 25:40)

These starving babies, the women who are my age, are dying of malaria and AIDS everyday, the kids who have contracted AIDS from their mothers - these are "the least of these" And in the end, when I stand before the King, much will be required to give Him from the much He has given me. And He has given us all so much! So much money, health, education, and even more importantly - life everlasting! What am I to do with this?

All SACS student will have to answer this question as they go to serve in their own mission field. It is our prayer that each will develop an intimate relationship with Christ and will be equipped to serve others in a society that so deperately needs Him.

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