The first two weeks have flown by. The first week I was getting over Jet lag and moving back into my house. Then there was church camp. Then Suzy, my new roommate, moved in the community--another busy week of getting her connected with the community and moving in. But it's good to be back.
So far so good with Suzy--I've been impressed with her willingness to jump right into the community, and her helpfulness to scrub the house. Especially in a 109* house with 43% humidity. Why has it been so hot this past week?
But like I said it's good to be back. It's good to find 30 cent bags of freshly cut fruit everywhere, and cheap coffee on the street, it's good to eat spicy food and laugh with neighbors. It's encouraging to see how much the new believers have matured, and to be apart of God's Kingdom coming in the slums of Bangkok. It's good to see all the kids who still can't remember if my name is Sara or Christy and now with Suzy in the miss--their all confused. It's good to be back with the team, and it's good to be with the office staff.
It's good to come back and realize how much I love and hope for this place.
3 comments:
Its good to see you blogging again.
Why don't you move on?
You seem like a poor match for the challenges you're facing.
No shame in admitting you don't have what it takes to help your poor neighbors.
Christians are supposed to be among the most honest and humble people.
Honest and humble folks stop spending (large amounts of) other people's money when they realize they can't do the job.
I hope you understand my take. Wanted to introduce an alternative to what you may hear among your supervisors and even team mates who have a professional, personal and financial stake in pretending that SP actually does real good for poor people.
Just sent this to your 'leaders' in SP. I guess another very expensive leaders retreat is just getting under way.
'You're doing little for poor people. You can't keep faking it or falling back on 'amazing grace' for ever.
Maybe you can explain to your team leaders why the same people who have failed over 20 years to get it done are still in charge.
I'm sure you'll have plenty of silly fundamentalist spin to sell to these well meaning young people. All of you burnt your bridges to a more honest career a long time ago, so I do understand why you feel the need to keep up the religious/justice spin that accomplishes little but I'm sure keeps your meager paychecks coming and fends off a deeper acceptance of your collective failure.
That acceptance would be an important first step, but you obviously don't have it in you. Or maybe you do. Meeting with your team leaders might be a chance to actually be honest and change direction.
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