tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045091401399321468.post5792508659887382526..comments2023-12-16T15:13:13.920-08:00Comments on Sherri's Blog: Freeset Bible StudySherri Burgesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060844322657821004noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045091401399321468.post-539322435583186882010-05-25T20:33:22.067-07:002010-05-25T20:33:22.067-07:00Sweet Amy, not at all. I am so proud of you for b...Sweet Amy, not at all. I am so proud of you for being obedient to the Lord's call on your life to minister to the people of India. You obviously have a deep connection to the people there. Your son is living proof of that. I agree with you completely that there are certainly positive things about India. The people are wonderful and eager to hear the gospel. It is my prayer that the light of Jesus will spread throughout that barren land for the sake of the precious people who live there.Sherri Burgessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045091401399321468.post-4985461065188707132010-05-22T11:58:03.390-07:002010-05-22T11:58:03.390-07:00Sherri,
My heart breaks for the people of India. ...Sherri,<br /><br />My heart breaks for the people of India. I have had a deep connection to the country since childhood - put there by God alone because it does not make sense. I do think that I am more protective of my son and it hurts me to hear some of these things knowing that he will read them one day too. I understand they are real - I saw the same things and my son could have been one of those beggars if his birth mother had not made the sacrifice she did. We experienced children begging at our windows for food, lepers, naked children with bloated stomachs but I also want people to understand that in the midst of that poverty and despair there are positive things. It can take a lot for people to find it but it is there - the resourcefulness of the people and how the city runs despite that lack, the graciousness of the people, the rich history, some of the great leaders, etc. I obviously can't turn my back on the hopelessness either but I guess I just want others to know that there are some things that are intriguing about India. I know the purpose of your blog was to talk about what you personally experienced and I commend your honesty. I just want people to know that those things should not deter them from going to a third world country. When we compare everything to the US, we are extremely blessed. I also consider Mother Teresa a hero and she had that love for the people that you have :) The visit to her home and orphanage was my favorite part about the trip. I hope you get to go back again. I did not mean my comment to be critical at all - I hope you are not offended!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17819780286995655147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045091401399321468.post-27109464945486335402010-05-17T09:21:02.277-07:002010-05-17T09:21:02.277-07:00Amy, I absolutely agree that the people of India a...Amy, I absolutely agree that the people of India are some of the most beautiful people I have ever met inside and out. They were so friendly and loved to be talked to, touched, and given attention. However, many of the people we met there were discarded from society and not much was being done to help them internally. However, Christians from around the world have come to Kolkata to pour into it the light of Christ. Our friend who has lived there for 15 years working and helping in the poorest parts of Kolkata told us as we were walking down by the Hooghley River that he had found a woman lying there on the railroad tracks one day who had the top of her head missing and that her brain was showing through her skull. Maggots were eating the infection around her head wound. She had been left there to die. When Kerry saw that she was still alive, he tried talking with her, and she could talk. She pointed him to her family who Kerry then went to inquire of. He asked if he could take the woman to the Mother Teresa Center for Death and Dying. They told him that he could. They had put her out knowing that she would probably die soon anyway, and at that point she was just a liability to them. I am not saying that that is wrong. I am just saying that poverty causes people to do things that they wouldn't normally do. Kerry put the woman in a taxi and drove her to the center. She kept asking him, "Do they have good food there?" That was her main concern. She was so hungry. When he went to visit her, she told him that, yes, they had good food there, and she was happy. Amy, it's not that I don't think the people are good. It's that it is obvious they need help. That is my point in writing all of this about them. I hope to inspire others to go and see for themselves something so different from our way of life that it is shocking not to demean them in anyway but to help them. I hope you will go back and read everything I wrote from the beginning of the trip until the end of it. There are six blogs in all. And, if you have gotten the impression that I did not "enjoy" India, then you may be right. Enjoy is certainly not the word; however, love may be. I felt a great love for the people I met there and hope for something better for them than idolotry, homelessness, disease, and the like, but I will say that I didn't go for a vacation and didn't see any of the touristy or nice parts. We went to work with the poor and that was my experience. You may have seen something completely different. Of course, I try to look at everything from God's perspective, and, again, there is good work being done in Kolkata, but there is much more to do. I am thankful for people like Mother Teresa who made Calcutta's great needs known to the world and to the people today who are giving their lives to serve in Kolkata with the poorest of the poor.Sherri Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060844322657821004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045091401399321468.post-87023071696312099892010-05-15T10:21:55.720-07:002010-05-15T10:21:55.720-07:00Dear Sheri.
Again , your words are God
breathed an...Dear Sheri.<br />Again , your words are God<br />breathed and Holy Spirit coated. I am so grateful that you have had the experience in India. You may be dreaming India at night. I had the great priveledge to go in 2005, and it was awesome. I also was so blessed to experience God's great power, and love for all His people. But, standing on a rooftop court in Hanamakonda India, leading a morning devotion with the team, was really an incredible moment for me, as I was reminded where He had brought me from, and How ONLY God could do this! Keep ministering, and I continue to be saddened by your pain, yet encouraged by your obedience to acquiese to holiness. Oh how Bronner is honored and God ultimately Gorified through it all. Your family continues in my prayers, Debbie DeRubeisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045091401399321468.post-44223822149672626512010-05-15T08:18:05.712-07:002010-05-15T08:18:05.712-07:00I am so glad you were able to minister to those pe...I am so glad you were able to minister to those people and experience India. I am heartbroken that you did not enjoy Kolkata more. My son was born there and we experienced a 2 week trip to get him last May. I don't agree that Kolkata is the worst of India. We traveled to other cities and the idolatry and poverty is all there too. I actually found Kolkata to be beautiful - it all depends on your perspective. Yes, the physical and spiritual poverty is undeniable but the graciousness and spirit of the people is commendable in light of the resources they have. I do want Kolkata to rise out of their poverty but I also want people to know that it is more than some dirty or nasty city as some people deem it. Hopefully you can find some of the beauty there too :)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17819780286995655147noreply@blogger.com