Partners Blogcast: "Waiting for Over 62 Years"

Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief & Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma. This blog is meant to be a more personal stream of conversation than newsletters allow for. The opinions expressed here may not be those of Partners Relief & Development.

Waiting for Over 62 Years

By Marv Kahn - "As I ponder what the Christmas season means to me I often think of the stories of the IDP’s and how they live their lives, having very little, waiting patiently for the next time when they will eat, drink, have medical care and shelter."

"Patience is a God given virtue and they practice it often. To wait on man and to wait on the Lord has it’s similarities but to wait on the Lord is a time honored practice that has been going on for thousands of years. They have been waiting for over 62 years for the end of a time where there faith has been tested many times. Christmas is a time to reflect on Gods goodness and to practice patience. We have an awesome God that loves us dearly, but holds us loosely. He is patient and waits on us. I pray that I can demonstrate a little of the patience that the IDP’s all seem to have.”