I just found out about a local organization called Orphan’s Hope that works with orphans in the Ukraine and parts of Asia (including Myanmar/Burma, site of the recent cyclone).
Also, in case you’re not familiar with it, there is another great local organization called Africa Unveiled that works with homeless children and community-building in Kenya.
“Action with and for those who suffer is the concrete expression of the compassionate life and the final criterion of being a Christian. Such acts do not stand beside the moments of prayer and worship but are themselves such moments.”
- Donald P. McNeil, Douglas A. Morrison, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Compassion
“This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it, but instead turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear. Let’s not just talk about love. Let’s practice real love. This is the only way we’ll know we’re living truly, living in God’s reality.”
- St. John, (1 John 3:16-19)
