我並不是基督教徒，只是在這個位非洲兒童募款的網站上(http://www.abaana.org)看到了這些可怕的統計數字，心中十分不捨：
Stats for children
28 Million children die from easy curable diseases each year
17 million children die from malnutrition and starvation each year
10 million children are involved in the sex industry
100 million children are on the streets
200 million child labourers
1.4 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV
19,000 African children die daily from easily curable diseases
80 per cent of children under the age of 15 living with HIV are African children
25% of African children between the ages of 10 and 14 are involved in labour.
21% of Kenya's children are not attending school.
最近是聖誕節，到處都是瘋狂血拼的人潮，這歌舞昇平的景象和非洲的淒苦真諷刺的對比 。
的確，非洲充滿著各種的問題，飢荒，內戰，貪污，愛滋病，旱災，世界上最窮的25個國家都在非洲。但這些問題該怪誰呢？有些得怪非洲人自己，有些怪給老天爺，但是難道富足如我們沒有一點責任？難道我們真該眼睜睜的看著非洲的孩子一出生就沒人餵他，抱他，沒有未來在前頭等著他。而我們只想著買更大的液晶電視，打算去趟歐洲旅遊，或換台雙B轎車。可能有人會想：「誰叫他們活該投胎在非洲」。不會的！這不可能是上天的旨意。不該有人擁有的是那麼多，有人卻有的那麼那麼那麼少。我們擁有這麼多真是上天的厚愛,真的的萬分可貴,可惜，這世界上大部分的人覺得事不關己，或恨不得可以再從他們身上在榨出一點什麼。
的確，問題這麼大，我們也救不了整個非洲。但非洲孩子是無辜的，有血有淚，會哭會笑會作夢。如果再把「希望」從潘朵拉的盒子裡拿走，他們就真的一無所有了。
我看了這網站的宗旨叫 The Vision,很受感動，或許這就是聖誕節的真諦吧!略掠地翻了一下和大家分享了。
The Vision (願景)
我對Abaana有個願景。這個願景就是希望看到年輕人站起來說：「我們不是未來的教會，而是活在當下的教會」。年輕人們站起來，給這個物質主義的世界豎立起榜樣。他們是一群小雄兵，關懷死於AIDS的人數，勝過收集了CD唱盤的數目。關心如何替赤裸的身體披上衣服，勝過衣服上的牌子。關心那些挨餓了人，勝過飽食之後仍不知足的物質慾望。我想要看到這個世代的年輕人，會去捍衛那些其被他世代所忽落的，聖經上的真理。當別人叫他們坐下閉嘴時，他們挺身而出說出那些該被說的話。當其他人問到：「這根本不是你的問題阿？」他們會回答：「那又是誰的呢？」年輕的人會啟程，並成為耶穌的替身。他們會說：「我並沒有太年輕，我可以為世界改變些什麼！」年輕人們有著先知們的大無畏，和耶穌般的悲天憫人的精神。年輕人們無懼於為不公不義吶喊，像耶穌一樣，知道死便是得。
我許願看見年輕人奮鬥到底，即便知道贏不了。他們可以不計代價的挺身而出，永不言悔。他們去愛，因為他們也曾經被愛。他們去付出，因為他們知道他們得到的是這麼的多。他們替無言者發聲；為那些欲哭無淚的人落淚；扶持那些無助的人；拉起那些墜落者一把；為絕望者帶來一絲希望；為那些沒人敢接近病人帶來同情，撫慰那些早經淚濕的眼框。他們無恥於擁抱那些無家可歸的流浪者，緊握那些被拒絕的手，去愛那些沒人愛的人。因為他們知道他們並非自己獨行，他們走了耶穌基督走的路。
I have a vision for Abaana. That vision is to see young people stand up and say, we are not the church of tomorrow! We are the church of today. Young people that will stand up and set an example to a materialistic world. An army of mercenaries that will care more about the fact that millions are dying with AIDS, than building a C.D collection. Who care more about clothing the naked, than the label they wear. Who care more about the starving than their craving for a full stomach. I have a vision that young people will stand for the Biblical truths where other generations have failed. When they are told to sit down and shut up, they will stand up, and be heard. When others say, “It is not your problem”, they will ask, “Then who’s is it?” Young people that will take the initiative and live for Christ now. They will say “I am not too young, to Make a difference.” Young people who will have the boldness of the Old Testament prophets and the compassion of Jesus. Young people who are not afraid to cry for injustice, to live for Christ, and know that to Die is Gain. Young people who would lay down their life for those who are lost. I have a vision that young people will be committed, to fight even if they don’t think they can win. That they will stand at all costs, and never retreat. They will love, because they are loved. They will give because they have received. They will intercede for those with no voice. They will cry for those with no tears, They will carry those with no strength. They will lift those that fall and give hope to the hopeless. They will share the Gospel through hands that feed Lepers and show compassion through tear-stained eyes. They will not be ashamed to hug the homeless or hold hands with the rejected, or to love the loveless. Why?Because they know that they never walk alone. For they walk with Christ.
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