The team at Transformed International is plugged into "Google News" feeds, and receives reports on everything that is happening in Kenya. Thanks to the internet, it is so much easier to find out what is happening in the world if we dare to look, or even care about what is happening beyond our front door. National news broadcasts are only going to give you what they deem to be news worthy, or what they think their audience will find interesting. I understand that there are restrictions to the number of stories that can be told. I understand that there may not be an interest in tourism rates increasing or decreasing in certain parts of the world. Not everyone wants to know how the football (soccer) teams are doing in Tanzania. I get that.
If you scan the headlines, you can find stories about people who need a better deal in life. I have posted a link on this blog that tells the story of what is happening in the country I am about to enter. It sheds a little light on the uphill battle that faces Kenya. This story is the same story posted by the founder of TI on his blog. I have also posted a link for those of you outside Canada, who may not have heard about a brutal and disgusting attack that took place on a bus traveling across the prairies just the other day. I post it not to sensationalize the story, but to make you aware that Canada is not always the safest place to live. Even though Canada is a relatively safe place to live, there are still actions by people that make us pause and wonder what goes through someone's head sometimes.
May you pause, and take time to be thankful for what you have. May you come to realize that as small as the world is, it is still bigger than you. May you find a way to get involved in a cause that is bigger than you.
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