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I had a blast last Satuday on the Wabash river...
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:18:07 -0500, "Brian Cleveland" wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message . .. On 3 Oct 2006 18:57:24 -0700, wrote: His parents are missionaries in Panama. This always fascinates me. With all the social problems we have in this country which could use a good dose of old time religion, why do missionaries have to go to another country to help and do good works? Why not the Bronx or East LA or American Indian country? Why Central America or anywhere else for that matter? It's like adopting Asian babies - I don't get that either. There are lots of kids here in the states, in particular older ones, that can use good parenting and a good home, yet people insist on adopting Korean, Chinese and East Asian Indian children. What's the point? I just don't get it. I don't know about these missionaries in particular, but I do know a little about the Southern Baptist Church Mission program. It is divided into 2 parts, a Foreign Mission Board and a North American Mission Board. the NAMB has just over 2900 full time missionaries and about 2400 long-term ( 4 months to 2 years, these people are self-funded) missionaries working here in the US. Once again I cannot speak for anyone else, but I (and my local church) believe we are instructed to do good works everywhere, since I cannot run off to a foreign country on a regular basis (although I have been able to go to a couple on a 1-2 week basis) I/we can help send others. We also do a lot of work locally as well as elsewhere here in the southeast. Here is a link with a little info if you are interested. I appreciate that - thanks. It still begs the question though - why spend all that time and money sending folk to another country when the money can be better spent here? I guess what one considers "better spent" would depend on ones value of those the money and time is being spent helping. Personally, I think the time and money is just as well spent helping someone whether they are in Namisique, Honduras, Cape Hatian, Haiti, Williamsburg, KY, Kearneysville, WV or Biloxi, MS JMO brian Seriously. I know that there are missions to the US, but not anywhere near what it could, or perhaps even should, be. And thanks for doing your part. As for the adoption issue, I agree. I work with 2 people however who have adopted children from other countries. In both cases, the issue was the large amount of red tape involved in trying to adopt here in the US. They both said the issue was not money as it was the same or slightly more due to travel etc. The paperwork is the same, the studies are the same, the time is the same. The only difference is that when you go overseas, it generally requires a visit for a certain length of time and on top of the fees themselves, you have to spend a certain amount in-country. That's the strange part of it. And, in general, it costs anywhere from 30 to 40% more to obtain children from overseas than it does here in the US. If you want, you can adopt any child with about the same amount of effort it takes to go overseas and do it. I speak from experience - mixed races and four US children to prove it. |
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