DARE TO GO AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
In my yesterday posting I defined myself as an unrepentant dreamer.
I must add that it is impossible for me to encapsulate dreams
in just a few words and images!
In my youth if you could not talk at least half an hour
about a subject you did not know anything about it.
Now, if you do not rap or summarize everything in a minute
you are told the span of attention to you is irremediably over.
I refuse to believe it. To make a difference you have
to dedicate your whole life to it.
Back in 1968 as a young military officer I had the opportunity
to relocate 60 thousand people from the shores of our Managua lake
to what it was known as OPEN 3
(O=Organism for, P=Planning, E=Emergencies relief, N=at National level).
Just 2 weeks ago, a young engineer, a friend of Bud Skibitze, our board´s treasurer,
came to make a technical evaluation of our homes.
In my yesterday posting I defined myself as an unrepentant dreamer.
I must add that it is impossible for me to encapsulate dreams
in just a few words and images!
In my youth if you could not talk at least half an hour
about a subject you did not know anything about it.
Now, if you do not rap or summarize everything in a minute
you are told the span of attention to you is irremediably over.
I refuse to believe it. To make a difference you have
to dedicate your whole life to it.
Back in 1968 as a young military officer I had the opportunity
to relocate 60 thousand people from the shores of our Managua lake
to what it was known as OPEN 3
(O=Organism for, P=Planning, E=Emergencies relief, N=at National level).
Just 2 weeks ago, a young engineer, a friend of Bud Skibitze, our board´s treasurer,
came to make a technical evaluation of our homes.
During the conversation it came out he was born
in the OPEN 3
to a family I had relocated THERE in 1968.
to a family I had relocated THERE in 1968.
I dared to go M.A.D. and here was a difference in one person´s life!
who is teaching English
to our girls wrote that sentence on the blackboard.
to our girls wrote that sentence on the blackboard.
I could not resist going to my files to meditate if I am still daring to go M.A.D.
It is up to you, my friends, to decide if we
(Gladys, I, our staff, volunteers, donors, sponsors),
because in this I am not alone, are we daring so!
What I see is a future Nicaraguan middle class on the making,
coming up from the ranks of the dispossessed, abused and abandoned!
With your support! With your donations! With your unselfish dedication!
Blessed be the Lord! Thanks for giving us the whole spectrum
of the future Nicaraguan leaders
to love, to nurture, to help them become
what they rightfully dream to be!
From the younger ones
To the rest of them in Jinotepe
To the older girls in Las Palmas home in Managua
Are we daring to GO M.A.D.?
Are we daring to GO M.A.D.? IT IS FOR YOU TO SAY SO AND JOIN US!
IT´S A WONDERFUL ENDEAVOR, BELIEVE ME!
1 comment:
De: Jenna Stepp: Thanks for all your blog Emilio! It definately helps us get a better picture of what God is doing in these precious little lives and how to best pray for you, your family, your staff and your "grandchildren" :) Blessings, Jenna Stepp
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