yangyujin asked: Hi! What's Live58? ._.?
Hey Yujin!
So nice to hear from you and also so excited to share with you what I’ve been doing with my summer for the past few weeks. I’m interning at Live58 which is a Christian non-profit organization fighting global poverty alongside ten time-tested Christian non-profits partners. We’ve formed an alliance with these organizations that are on the ground working with different poverty issues (government, sustainable agriculture, clean water, microfinance, food, children, health care, etc).
Have you heard of Compassion, Hope International, International Justice Mission (IJM)? Those are some of our partners!
93% of American Christians believe that extreme poverty cannot be stopped. Some even argue that poverty is Biblical and that it will last until the end of humankind. That doesn’t make sense— God hasp plans for our redemption. Over and over again, we find that Scripture offers us hope and the promise of restoration; why should we be pessimistic about poverty as the church?
Poverty is on the decline— and if it continues to move in this direction, we can put extreme poverty (living on less than $1.25 a day) in our childrens’ history books. Done. No more. If the numbers continue to move as they have been in the past two decades, then extreme poverty can end by 2035. Now, that’s just speaking numbers. I personally think it can happen sooner if all Christians knew the hope and promise that God has given to us in caring for the poor.
Live58 is an alliance of Christians praying, fasting, and giving all with the deep and confident hope that God is moving and He is working— but we have to join Him and use the resources that He’s given us for His Glory.
There’s still so much I can say about Live58— we have TONS of information on our website: www.live58.org and you can find links to our book, documentary, and resources to share the message this message of hope with your friends and family.
& I’m so encouraged by your interest! :)
58: is an Initiative, not another organization, and the partners in this initiative are world-class, experienced and trustworthy. Funds given to projects are receipted by Global Fast. Global Fast then transfers 100% of your donation minus any credit card processing fees to the organization responsible for implementing the project you have supported. 58: is:
1) Relational: connecting you with your friends and as directly as possible with the people you support abroad.
2) Committed to excellence: Time-tested, world-class organizations lead each category of development work and are building the principles of excellence in partnership with Accord.
3) Celebrates impact: in a world of pessimists 58: celebrates progress and pursues those strategies with proven effectiveness allowing you to see results.
4) Centered on Christ and His Church: Other, often secular, efforts tend to place hopes in government. 58: is unflinching in its commitment to the centrality of Christ and the role of the Church.
Anonymous asked: with so many journals, how do you make sure that no one reads them?
Great question!
I think the way that write in suits the way that I remember things best… How can I phrase that more clearly.. hummm.
In order to understand exactly what I’m talking about in my journals, I guess you’d have to be me. If anyone picked up my journal and read it, they’d get the surface version (which I don’t mind people reading) but when I look back and read my entries, I remember every detail of every sentence and what I was referring to (whether it be an emotion, a personal memory, or reaction).
Write for you. If you write like someone else will read it, chances are— they will.
Anonymous asked: You're beautiful
Hello tumblr world!
I just wanted to introduce you to my internship (that’s amazing and completely different from anything I’ve ever seen before). It’s a fairly new initiative with a lot of hope and a lot of enthusiasm for not just fighting poverty, but completely throwing it into the history books within our lifetime!
We aren’t another non-profit asking you to ‘make a monthly donation’ or ‘call the 1800 number on the screen to sponsor a child’… we don’t merely ask for money because time has shown money doesn’t solve much in the wrong hands.
Live 58 (based on the principles found in Isaiah 58) is a non-profit Christian organization that I started interning for this week. It’s super exciting to be part of this cause that is so rooted in God’s Word and His desire for justice in the world.
We believe that Christians have the resources and ability to completely eradicate extreme poverty (under $1.25 a day) in our lifetime. We look to His Word and His commandment to care for the poor and hungry.
We’ve partnered up with reputable Christian organizations that fight for different social, economic, educational, and agricultural needs globally. (Hope International, Compassion, Living Water, IJM, Michah Challenge, and more).
Extreme poverty should not be seen as a permanent issue. It doesn’t have to exist in order for the world to function. It is a byproduct of apathy, corruption, and greed.
God calls the church to believe in what He believes for His children— a life free from the chains of injustice.
Join us in praying, fasting, and giving.
Learn More Here
This morning I met with three beautiful sisters that live on YWAM’s (Youth With a Mission) base and we had a wonderful photoshoot for Jessica Hover’s ministry blog.
They were so fun to work with and their energy made the entire morning hilarious and so meaningful. Thanks Jessica, Marie, and Meredith!
Check out Jessica’s blog
I think the best part was that we just help yelling out “Beauty in Jesus!” … “God is beautiful!”…
People walking past us were craning their necks to see if I was shooting celebrities. I suppose not, but we’re royalty in God’s Kingdom!
Here are a few of the many many beautiful shots I got this morning.
“Marie looks like a bag lady!!”
I’m pretty sure they were making these faces at each other behind the camera to make each other laugh haha!
“We are professional laughers”
