The Hope in Ethiopia: Zeway

Abandonment is an awful poverty. There are poor people everyone, but the deepest poverty is not being loved.

The poor we seek may live near us or far away. They can be materially or spiritually poor. They may be hungry for bread or hungry for friendship. They may need clothing, or they may need the sense of wealth that God's love for them represents. They may need the shelter of a house made of bricks and cement or the shelter of having a place in our hearts.
-Mother Theresa

A Partnership Not a Project

When we first began serving the orphans in Zeway, we called it the Zeway Project. It wasn't until we met the Zeway church leaders and Zeway FH staff that we understood that God meant for this to be a Partnership.

You see, a project is something you do TO someone. A partnership is something you do WITH someone. We see the benefits of working with the Zeway churches and FH staff as reciprocal. We will learn from them as much and probably much more than they will from us.

So forgive us if we get particular and insist that you say PARTNERSHIP.

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

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