

Presence
I went to Africa apprehensive. What can I do for these people? How does me coming here help them at all? There is so much need. What do I have to offer? I felt arrogant, haughty, presumptuous. I was told over and over again, "missions are 90% presence." My presence just didn't feel like enough. As we drove down the streets of Zambia, little stick huts all over with people trying to irk out a living, trash everywhere and people walking miles to get anywhere I thought, "how do