tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21465539.post8695811149847278864..comments2008-03-06T12:15:04.578-05:00Sarita Hartz Hendricksenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356971574488241914sarita@zionproject.orgBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21465539.post-26619643916949813492008-03-06T12:15:00.000-05:002008-03-06T12:15:00.000-05:00Good word. It is applicable to all of life in every place, not just Africa. If we truly believe in equality, we can never assume that we are "saving" anyone. We are in no way superior. We can only come along side those who are suffering. Maybe one day we will learn that the power is not in our hands, it is in God's.Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03464678462477011172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21465539.post-2152706698293958552008-03-05T06:57:00.000-05:002008-03-05T06:57:00.000-05:00So after thinking about it, I think I have many more reasons to go to Africa than I can write, but ultimately, long term, I want 3 things that Africa has: <BR/>1) I want to be needed (in a community or tribe)<BR/>2) I want to help (a community or tribe)<BR/>3) I want to go see first hand what I am promoting. I want to see first hand what America and thousands of countries done to Africa as an economic bitch for themselves while the whole continent on fire (in Bono's words). I want this so that I can help westerners think of the poorest people on the planet when they buy from multinational corporations that use Africa, abuse her for all her beauty and then throw her away.<BR/><BR/>How would you answer that question Sarita? I'm curious what you see as a good answer?WMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02728323420072862807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21465539.post-84817847287124783462008-03-04T22:38:00.000-05:002008-03-04T22:38:00.000-05:00Well said. Why do I want to go to Africa? A lot of complex reasons Action, adventure and excitement. A life story to tell others and a reason to live. I've lost that and survivors can tell you why to keep on living. Sometimes I sit at my desk at work and can keep going just because of the kids who survive every day in Sudan, Uganda, Congo and my compassion child in Ethiopia. I don't have a girl friend, I don't have friends who truly need me, I don't offer anything that is unreplaceable to this world. But I do have the heart to empathize-- that is why I want to go to Africa... to live again. To again realize why I should keep fighting to care about suffering. And to realize that what matters is not just America... it's people... American, African, Asian, whoever.WMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02728323420072862807noreply@blogger.com