Reply #102: your opinion of the christian God is clear

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and i understand that you chose not to respect me or any of the other christians who do good work in the name of Christ. I doubt you have ever seen a missionary at work. Tell me, when I was in Africa building housing, working on irrigation systems, building a school and, yes, building a church, what did I have to gain? Did I profit from it? Did my church? These people had NOTHING to give. We shared the gospel...we might have even changed a life or two...but when I left, what did my days and days of work in 100 degree heat gain me? I guess the sum total of what I gained is about three people with whom I now exchange letters from time to time. You think we USED resources? You haven't a clue what mission work is about...we BROUGHT our supplies and what we couldn't bring with us we had to have shipped in from out of country. We left a school there. We left a much improved irrigation system for their fields. We eschanged ideas with these people and required nothing of them. Did we require that they come to a prayer meeting before we completed the school? No. And you know, that church still stands...there are seven christians in that village now...out of about 400 people...and you know what, I wouldn't have traded that experience for the world.

I am sorry you take such a dim view of all mission work...it shows that you really don't know a whole lot about a whole lot of the field.

theProdigal