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Ben Hoyer - Friday, July 10, 2009
Megan and I went to dinner with some friends the other night (Amura for sushi, then Corona for a nice after dinner cigar. Gotta love the colonial town plaza). In the course of conversation someone mentioned that a classmate of theirs had gone on to start an orphanage in Ethiopia. As the story goes, the project started innocently enough: she went to adpot a kid, saw a need over there and invested herself in helping. A year latter she's got all these kids in an orphanage. Pretty cool, and a little humbling when someone you know does big things like that. 

There was a short exchange in the comments section of a blog post a while back that got me thinking about the size life we are called to. I think maybe sometimes I have thought that big things are for other people, but I am starting to challenge that...at least for myself. I am realizing that I know people who know people. That I'm just about as grown up as most grown ups I know. That I don't have lots of money, but Jesus does and he'll find creative ways to get it to projects. So if anyone is going to do anything it could just as well be me as anyone else. I am thinking that Jesus might open opportunities for me to do big things, to make a real difference.

I read this book Glocalization. It's written by a guy that I've mentioned before and is making me think that I can do big things to. I mean, I am starting to think that anyone who wants to can impact the world for better. You don't have to be on t.v. or elected to office. You don't have to have lots of money (but it does help to know Jesus). 

I am starting to bite off pieces that are bigger than I would have 1 year ago, and it is exciting to be a part of. What problems bother you, and how can you be part of the solution?

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