I wish there were a good solution for these precious kids, but no easy answers in these situations…. 🙁

Yes, I hope too that the parents do this with the best of intentions, but it’s still hard to imagine sending your child to a foreign country on their own. I guess they are so very desperate that they don’t know what else to do.

I’ve recently been the giver of bad news to some of my international friends who see the US as the easy land of opportunity. It is full of opportunities, but it’s not easy, especially when you come from somewhere else and don’t speak the language. 🙁 I know you understand; same as the UK. There are many privileges, but no gold streets on any continent down here.

Beautiful, my friend.

Beautiful, and convicting.

Yes, I liked the loaves and fishes reminder too because on our own, our resources are inadequate. But God holds all the resources in his hand and he can multiply anything at all. I still don’t understand how or why he distributes them as he does (he’s given me way more than my fair share, I know that), but I trust that he knows what he’s doing and will keep prodding us along to participate with him.

I imagine living overseas would teach you that lesson quicker than living over here where we have so much “plenty”. Thanks for sharing that insight, Betty. When we’re so surrounded by need, we have no choice but to just take one at a time, or else we’d be paralyzed into doing nothing.

I know you have a sensitive heart toward any kind of injustice, Mia. I love that about you. I can’t imagine some of the things you’ve probably seen or heard that go on in South Africa. I’m glad you spread Jesus through your words to so many there and around the world through your blog.

The fact that they are children is what tugs at my heart the most too, Janet. 🙁 I don’t know how to fix the problem, but we do have to show compassion when and however we can.