tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540836636573399097.post1893064746031612112..comments2023-10-06T01:42:29.046-06:00Comments on Coffeegirl's Community: Daily BreadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540836636573399097.post-77860162053491822752009-02-06T18:07:00.000-07:002009-02-06T18:07:00.000-07:00I like that your prayer was a request to keep your...I like that your prayer was a request to keep your heart sensitive to needs around you. For me it's so difficult to know when I am helping by giving to beggars and when I would be hindering. <BR/><BR/>elainegingerbaker.blogspot.comMissElaineoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489303950649411733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540836636573399097.post-86934306307694918232009-02-04T20:02:00.000-07:002009-02-04T20:02:00.000-07:00Thank you for this post! Such a great reminder of...Thank you for this post! Such a great reminder of what we really need to be doing. I just read Jesus' words in Luke 18 about how hard it is for the rich to get into heaven with my 4th grader for homeschooling. While we don't usually think of ourselves as "rich", in our host countries we usually are. I need to see myself as a conduit of every kind of blessing from God to those around me - not as a poor missionary who lives with so much less than her peers back home. Thank you for the song, too! Great words, great prayer.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317577120265467342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540836636573399097.post-1186540215968891232009-02-03T18:34:00.000-07:002009-02-03T18:34:00.000-07:00Not fully undrestanding the language is difficult....Not fully undrestanding the language is difficult. Today walking home from the bread store I crossed paths with a man who( didn't look like some of the beggers)he said something....I thought about what he said all the way home. Inside our door I asked my husband what I thought the man said, and asked what it meant. The man on the street had said share with me. I missed that oppertunity to give him that whole loaf of bread which I would have gladly done if ... I knew the language better.I'm still working at learning the language..Grammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17389507215721317764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540836636573399097.post-59538772161125811862009-02-03T12:33:00.000-07:002009-02-03T12:33:00.000-07:00Isn't it so hard to know what to do? I often stru...Isn't it so hard to know what to do? I often struggled with the very same thing. Your response of looking to Christ for a tender heart is to be sure the best response. You are a blessing!Shilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685484529067710610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540836636573399097.post-5106564526541206892009-02-03T10:34:00.000-07:002009-02-03T10:34:00.000-07:00Taxi drivers ARE interesting people and I have oft...Taxi drivers ARE interesting people and I have often been amazed at their generosity. All day long they see people begging yet they are touched by certain needs. Its to be admired.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062037882359130530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540836636573399097.post-47814137504043895382009-02-03T09:33:00.000-07:002009-02-03T09:33:00.000-07:00We live in a small city so we've gotten to know ma...We live in a small city so we've gotten to know many of the beggars by sight. There is one man that I never give to. I've seen him lying drunk in the gutter too many times to want to give him money. <BR/><BR/>We, too, keep food items (cheese or peanut butter crackers, granola bars, etc.) in our purses (Mom's and mine) or in the car to give to beggars we aren't familiar with. If I don't have anything with me while walking on the street, I will sometimes duck into a tienda (little store) to buy a piece of bread or something so as not to give money. We also have handed out little bottles of water. <BR/><BR/>We usually try to give a tract with our "gift." What is most interesting to me is they way many will stop immediately to read the tract from beginning to end before eating the food or moving to the next car.Alan & Beth McManushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18302406278511895369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540836636573399097.post-61503170361052914502009-02-03T07:27:00.000-07:002009-02-03T07:27:00.000-07:00This is a daily and at times hourly struggle we ha...This is a daily and at times hourly struggle we have in the community we serve in. The need is so great, and the resources are so few. I know that most people on the field experience this as well. One of the ways we have tried to deal with this is to give food instead of money. Granola bars in our car to hand out to beggers - care packages of rice/beans/flour in the community we serve. It's a difficult thing at times and can seem so overwhelming, but Christ says there are poor and will always be poor - so we look to our heart and our God to see how He will use us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244043108924274434noreply@blogger.com