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Catalyst Conference Blog Post #3

October 30th, 2008

We learned about several different organizations that were pretty neat -

- Hoops 4 Hope, started by a then 9 year-old, helped us to realize that truly anyone can make a difference.

- Compassion International.  We’ve known about them for years, but we heard testimony from a girl who lived in Manila - her father told her she was worthless and would never amount to anything.  This same girl is now a seminary student in the US and is sponsoring 2 Compassion children of her own. (as a college student!)

- Operation Christmas Child, part of Samaritan’s Purse - our church gets many of these boxes together every year around this time, but it was neat to hear from a lady who was one of the recipients of a box 11 years ago.  She said at the time she didn’t know who Jesus was, but she had been hoping and wishing for a pair of shoes because her family was so poor they couldn’t afford them.  So, when the OCC team showed up, they gave her a box and inside was a brand new pair of shoes.  God is amazing.

After the conference, we were sitting in the Atlanta airport after the conference and Toney was reading a magazine article about Johnny Depp, who will make a mere $55 million for his next movie.  JD has at least 3 others in the works but that figure is for ONE movie.  All because he looks pretty.  I hope and pray that he and his Hollywood friends give lots of money to charitable causes such as these, but I doubt it.  Our financial advisor told Kevin and me that he has clients making 6 figures but not giving anything away.  And why?  Just so our kids can fight over it when we die?

Matthew 16:26 (ESV) - “For what does it profit a man if he gains the world but forfeits his soul? And what shall a man give in return for his soul?”

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