but he does equip the called. Which is good, because right now there is no way that I could accomplish the things that I believe that God wants me to do. I, along with a group of other people, have been called to travel to Sierra Leone and employ our best talents in aiding the community there however we can. As a group we will engage in community outreach through basketball, medical aid, giving out clothing and shoes, and straight up evangelism. Its using our specific talents that makes things interesting. Early in college I had a finance professor talk briefly about microfinance; a system to alleviate global poverty. In listening to him I discovered my passion, and made it my goal to work in the field some day. To that end I worked as a volunteer with Third Way Human Rights and Development in college (http://www.third-way.org/) and I gave spare money of mine and others to Kiva (http://www.kiva.org/). For years now I have been talking up the power of microfinance to change the world, one micro loan at a time.
Now my time has come, which is exciting and terrifying at the same time. I have the opportunity and the resources to get microfinance started with people who need it desperately, but I have to be ready by the time we get on that plane to Africa. This blog keeps track of my journey of getting prepared physically and spiritually, along with the minutiae of starting a non profit bank halfway across the world. Stay tuned...and thanks for reading!
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might" Eph 6:10
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