tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post6749192096766013929..comments2023-11-05T01:32:34.337-07:00Comments on The Bacak Nation: There is no me without youJennifer Bacakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02392475913983072046noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-92067629085334452692009-01-15T19:02:00.000-08:002009-01-15T19:02:00.000-08:00I'm with you babe. The book has totally changed m...I'm with you babe. The book has totally changed my way of thinking and it makes me want to go there and help.<BR/>love you,<BR/>momCindy Seayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124718106273559403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-61811605739598597442009-01-15T09:59:00.000-08:002009-01-15T09:59:00.000-08:00Thank you SO MUCH, for all of you who have comment...Thank you SO MUCH, for all of you who have commented. All of you ahead of me in this journey! Sometimes when you post about serious things, you get a big goose egg on comments. I was shocked and pleased to find your responses!<BR/>I immediately added the AIDS initiative to my Compassion sponsorships, because I knew that was one real thing I could do to contribute.<BR/>Thanks for the helpful info guys!<BR/>jennJennifer Bacakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392475913983072046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-58845993510816934242009-01-15T09:49:00.000-08:002009-01-15T09:49:00.000-08:00I'm part way through the book and completely agree...I'm part way through the book and completely agree. Because I've lived and worked in Africa, I forget that people here don't know how bad it really is. The book is fantastic at giving people who'll probably never see what AIDS has done in person the reality of the crisis. It's also a call to action. You just can't sit by and do nothing when you know these things are going on. If Matthew 25 shows us nothing else, it's that we WILL be held to account for how we treat people suffering from this crisis.<BR/><BR/>For families for whom the idea of international adoption is a little overwhelming right now, you might consider sponsoring a child who's been affected by HIV/AIDS. Compassion has that as an option when you search for a child to sponsor. I sponsor an HIV+ twelve-year-old orphan in Congo through another Christian organization. His parents died and he was on the streets dying before a the group took him in and found him a foster family. We sponsor the foster family to help them out with the cost of feeding him and keeping him in school. He's probably going to die soon because his HIV was diagnosed too late, but I am so thankful that the last years of his life won't be as miserable as the earlier ones. <BR/><BR/>By the way, Buckner (a Baptist group in Texas) has foster family sponsorships in Africa as well. It's a great way to help grandparents or older siblings care for their family's children so they can stay together as a family.texasinafricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05098411373776559793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-31867600659477427592009-01-15T07:30:00.000-08:002009-01-15T07:30:00.000-08:00I definitely want to be involved in this conversat...I definitely want to be involved in this conversation! I'm not sure if I have time to read <I>this</I> book right now (unfortunately)... but I have read lots of others and seen a lot firsthand... so, I would love to hear what you are learning and to listen when you are processing through it all. <BR/><BR/>I'm excited that you are bringing this to the light as well.<BR/><BR/>RyanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-60286031866809720842009-01-15T07:21:00.000-08:002009-01-15T07:21:00.000-08:00I love this book! I can't even form an articulate...I love this book! I can't even form an articulate sentence when I try to describe it. I just want to say, "It's so, so, so, so, good - and eye-opening!" This woman amazed me and challenged how I look at my own life. We are in the process of adopting from Ethiopia and that is how I found out about this book.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing!Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504158169637316731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-41251175326209821672009-01-15T06:23:00.000-08:002009-01-15T06:23:00.000-08:00I am always looking for books. I am a library pers...I am always looking for books. I am a library person so I just reserved a copy online. All 13 copies are on the shelf so I should have it today or Saturday. I am in the middle of another book and will start reading it after that.Christy@pipandsqueakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595701576589813930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-37780665332729690172009-01-15T05:56:00.000-08:002009-01-15T05:56:00.000-08:00We are definitely getting this book. I am so thril...We are definitely getting this book. I am so thrilled and excited to read someone else's story. I am beyond words so grateful for this book and that it presents this situation in a way that is changing people's lives! Since the day we have set out on this journey we have felt alone, so praise the Lord that this book is enlightening not only with the story but with the facts! I feel like I'm rambling but my emotions are haywire right now lol, I don't know how to put everything into words (like you said in your post.) Anyways, I'll let you know when we get the book. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511743255677185013noreply@blogger.com