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I have lived in a permanent state of unsettledness since moving to Charlotte NC in 1995.   This is a beautiful city, and a lot of great things are happening here.  So why not just settle, you may ask?   My fear is that I will lose the ability to see discomforting truths, and as a result lose my sense of mission.  There is something about settling that is lethal to mission, unless of course settling is the mission.

What are some of the discomforting truths?  That when you and I go to our homes to sleep at night, in many cities in the United States and throughout the world, there are thousands of children sleeping on the streets.    In  Mecklenburg County, out  of the 5,000 people who are  homeless each night, 2,000  are children who are enrolled in our school system.  What chance do these children have to make it in life?   What are the life prospects for the children of the working poor in our area who are losing homes  during this financial crisis?

           There needs to be an awakening of the missionary spirit of old…the spirit of those who went to remote places in Africa and Asia in centuries past determined to make a difference.    While others settled to enjoy what life had to offer in their time, these missionaries refused to settle.  They were never satisfied that someone else was doing something somewhere.  They spared no effort to make a difference, turned jungles into settlements, peasants into doctors, engineers and businessmen etc.

             I dare say we can rise up to the challenges of our time and make a difference.    If you would like to join the grassroots campaign to purchase homes to house homeless kids, visit www.nexusnews.org and go to the campaign page.

             Can we do this?  YES WE CAN!