I have been impressed and encouraged by my father in recent months.  January of this year he and I and nine other people from All Saints Church in Seattle went on a one week mission trip to El Salvador.  Since that time my father, Joe, has been looking for ways to bless the people of that nation.  He and I drove down to Chico, California yesterday to meet with an associate of his named Janice Walker.  Janice has made it her mission in life to see that medical supplies be sent to nations in the Third World.  This trip was also designed to give my father and I some time on the road together.  

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We were invited to attend a dinner at an American Chinese restaurant in Chico last night.  Janice hosts one such event for her volunteers each year.  At the dinner we were blessed to hear from a man named Leon, who has conducted the delivery of four containers full of medical equipment to the nation of Liberia in Africa.  We were all encouraged to hear about and see the ways that efforts like his are blessing those in need.  Our nation is so very rich, with many resources sitting fallow in warehouses or in the landfill, I was happy to see how blessed this man was by his work.  

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I was reminded that God will not require more than all of us, everything we are is all that He wants.  If we follow His direction in our life, we, our world and our God will be richly blessed.