September 18, 2023
U.S. Volunteers Arrive
Tom Logan
MMM Co-founder and President
"He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.” John 21: 17b
In John 21:16-17, Jesus says, “if you truly love me feed my people. If you truly love me take care of my people. If you truly love me reach out to your neighbor and love him as yourself.” And St. Francis of Assisi said “Preach the Gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.”
Love your neighbor as yourself. Not just love your neighbor. Jesus says loving your neighbor as yourself is like loving God, the first and greatest commandment (Commandment…not a suggestion). This means, as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King said, I must not ignore the wounded man on life’s Jericho Road, because he is a part of me, and I am a part of him. His agony diminishes me, and his salvation enlarges me.
Marion Medical Mission is proof you can’t accomplish anything meaningful alone; proof of the power of loving your neighbor as yourself. It’s not enough to analyze the world as is and ask “Why?” As William Sloane Coffin said, we need also to imagine the world as it might be, could be, should be, and ask, “Why not?”
So, we at MMM strive to be doers of the word. We strive to do the best we can where we are with what we have. And then, put ourselves in situations intentionally where we have to do more than we can do by ourselves; where we must rely on God.
Think about it. Think about it. Building wells that provide safe drinking water in rural African villages 8500 miles away where there is no electric power, where many times there are no roads or bridges. MMM goes where others won’t. Where the extreme poor live, where there is cholera, and little to no medical care. Our wells mean children will no longer die from water-borne diseases. Our wells mean the villagers will be healthier and able to work longer in their fields producing more food meaning less starvation. Not just the year the well is built, but for years to come.
At each and every well the villagers are told their well is special because Christians in the United States shared the love of Jesus with them. What do these people think of Christianity? And what do they think of the United States? Sharing the love of Jesus is the best defense against war and terror. But we forget. We forget, too often trusting in the sword more than the cross.
Prayer: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, they kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven…
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