Its Not Just Murder, It's Suicide...

Have you heard about what's going on in Sudan? Or should I say, what HAS been going on for years, now. Pure genocide. Just like Rwanda, just like the Holocaust. Half a million people dead, 2-3 million displaced into camps, without a place to call home. I just read this article of these displaced women giving a terrifying account about being gang raped by some of the offenders:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070528/ap_on_re_mi_ea/darfur_s_misery
And after the Holocaust, we (the allied nations) created this slogan: "never again". But do we, here in America even hear their cries? Or are we so occupied by attaining comfort for ourselves that we do not have time to worry about "those" people over there?

Check these song lyrics by Derek Webb ("this too shall be made right"):

I don’t know the suffering of people outside my front door

I join the oppressors of those who i choose to ignore

I’m trading comfort for human life

and that’s not just murder it’s suicide


So what the heck are we to do? I think first is to realize that we are deeply connected with "those" people over there. That we are not alive simply to comfort & prolong our own existence; And second, that we cannot give up on the idea that we can make change.
Practically speaking, go to http://www.savedarfur.org/content


(the above picture was taken at a refugee camp in Sudan)

Hello, Scott, Britt, & Kaiden!

Its been a while since i updated! i made it out here, finally, and got to see scott/brit/kaiden the first weekend. here's some pics of us touring scotty's vessel, the reliance.
also, some pics of a beautiful hiking trail i just went on after work today.

Hello, Maine!