Tracking the Trek 2004
Back HomeGlobal Urban Trek 04 is back in the USA for debriefing. More Journals are on their way, though!
Salvation Army Flood Relief "Yesterday we had the opportunity to join a team from the Salvation Army and help provide food and water to flood victims outside of Dhaka."
Jennifer writes from Mexico City: I Have one of those "Sometimes I see people with cell phones and I have to remind myself that I have one of those. I have a car and a clean house and a yard with grass in my other life. That life seems pretty far away right now ... "
Casey writes from the Philippines: Angry that a place like that can exist "As the week went on, my anger at the injustice of the situation faded as I began to see the renewal, redemption, and transformation of young lives right in front of me." ... Check for leeches "I hated the fact that my clothes were mud stained beyond recognition and my shoes were destroyed, not because they’re nice or expensive but because they were mine. My stuff was getting wrecked. Or so I thought. In reality, I have nothing I can call my own except my faith, which as I was finding out was pitifully small."
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Spiritual Hope for Slum Communities by Scott Bessenecker
I remember with some discomfort the shallow theology of poverty embraced by the North American church as it was waved before delegates at a conference I attended. Taking a popular Bible dictionary produced by an American publisher, [the Sri Lankan speaker]opened to the word pottery. “Three pages,” he announced, “have been devoted to the entry on pottery.” Turning the page, he said, “But under the entry on poverty, I find only a column and a half! Does the Bible really say more about pottery than poverty?” more ...
A Greeting from Global Urban Trek's Director
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