Tonight we ate dinner with the founder of Living Hope Ministry, John Thomas. I have traveled to three different countries and heard what has caused pain and suffering in these nations. Here, in South Africa, the pain is from socio-economic stress. High unemployment and a great income discrepancy have caused conflicts among the people. The culture is very accepting of each other's racial and cultural contrasts but the struggle is for economic control. John Thomas, explained to us that unlike America the minority used apartheid to control the power in the country and keep the other groups in conflict with each other. So what do the struggles of so many nations have in common? The only thing that has brought people together is a love for Jesus that calls them to care for one another. It is clear that the divide in this country as on the beach there are resorts and wealth high on the mountains but on the other hand a poverty stricken third world country. It's clear that God is the only one that has a solution to any of our problems, whether they be in America or South Africa.
Please continue to pray for us and thank you for doing so already.
Troy Dicks
Please continue to pray for us and thank you for doing so already.
Troy Dicks