A few days ago, I posted on Facebook about having a new appreciation for the Mission of Mercy staff. Today, I worked in a different area of the office. I had no idea there was so much work, and so many different kinds of work. These days of contributing in wherever I am is helping me to see outside the box. Without those who do finance, we wouldn’t be able to help people who are hungry. Sick children would have to go without medicine. There would be no fuel to get to the CarePoints to go see the kids, to get them medical attention, to let them know someone cares about them, to show hope being Jesus.
Without those in the Mission of Mercy office there would be no letters going to the children. There would be no gifts going to the children. There would be no letters going from the children to the sponsors in the States. Without Mission of Mercy, the children would go hungry. We wouldn’t know where they were or if their home was okay. I guess I never realized before that someone knows who every one of the thousands of children is. The Mission of Mercy staff in the office read each name. They keep track of each child. The staff at the CarePoints know each child. They know where the child lives. They know if the child has food. They know if the child is living with adults or with other children.
My friend and “mother in Africa” whom I live with has been having some trouble raising her support to stay out here next year. I didn’t sympathize with her as much as I should have. Being in the States, we tend to think of missionaries as seeing the children all the time and living a dream life of just getting to spend all day being Jesus to people. She regrets that she doesn’t get to see children more. She does get to the CarePoint she is responsible for overseeing, but the majority of her time is spent behind a desk. Sorting through children. Talking on the phone to facilitators and CarePoint staff. Directing the work of the Mission of Mercy office in Swaziland is not a piece of cake. Without this lady, Mission of Mercy would be struggling. She is important. Her desk job enables children to eat. Her desk job enables thousands of children to feel loved of their sponsor. Her desk job enables teams to come out and see the children they sponsor. Her desk job enables children to live.
My hat goes off to the missionaries with desk jobs.
