Thursday, September 19, 2019

Sewing machines for Africa and more

I’ve been somewhat critical of religion.  I’ve written before about not understanding how a committed “Christian” can be a Trump supporter. 

Today I saw an example of how religious people should act.  We took our unused sewing machine down to the small town of Perkasie.  A church there collects them and ships them overseas to villages in Africa where recipients can use them to start small-scale businesses.


While we were there, a guy was unloading plastic buckets from his car.  He said that each bucket contained “sanitary packets” of soap, a tooth brush and toothpaste, and other materials that can be used after a disaster.  The empty buckets, of course, also have many uses.  The church in Perkasie acts as the depot for about ten churches in the area.  When they accumulate a load of supplies, a truck is called and the material is taken to a disaster site.  

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