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>I have been working in Saudi since the beginning of >the year. >I am living on a compound near to where Al Qaeda >terrorists killed a large number of innocent people. >I work with a lot of expatriate workers. This is a >most interesting experience. Sudanese , lebonese, >Egyptians, Palastinians, Indians, Americans, Nepalese, >Bangladeshes, Filippeanos, as well as Brits and >Saudis. I am seeing real life. We spend a lot of >time on this website understandably discussing our own >problems. Working with collegues from the Third World >I am seeing life through their eyes, their struggles >and those of their families in order to survive, the >reasons that forcede them to leave their countries to >work in a foreign land for hardly any money. The >Bangladeshi's that I meet seem to be earning between >70$ - 120$ a month and working very long hours with >two months holiday every two years. Recently we have >seen on TV really terrible floods in Bangladesh. Half >the country seems to be under water. >Many of my Bangladesh collegues (wonderful people, >always cheerful) have lost everything that they have >worked many years to build for their families back >home. >Mustafa a man who I employ to do my washing his family >has lost every thing, just washed away, a graduate >forced to work doing menial tasks here. Ironically >the Bible says to them that hath shall be given but to >them that hath not shal be taken away the little that >they hath. Alas Mustafa is one of those >These floods are the result of global warming. Global >warming is man made. We are destroying the World. >We Christians believe that this is Gods world. This >being so we should do everything in out power to save >this planet. >Global warming is a result of over production, >modernisation and consumerism by the rich countries. >The message of consumerism is comfort and convenience >at the expense of spirituality. In the evangelical >church I do not here this message being preached, most >of the time it is about personal salvation. If the >rich nations of the World are allowed to destroy this >world there will be nobody left to whom we can offer >personal salvation, and we wont be there to preach it. >This is a problem caused by the rich countries, and it >is the poor countries that are suffering. >My friends believe me, Mustafa is a very nice man, I >know he will work hard he will rebuild his small farm >in Bangladesh that his wife runs, but in 15 years time >another flood will come and again destroy his efforts. >The vicious circle >This is POVERTY and this is Gods World, (it was not >made in Japan fifty years ago) and as Christians we >need to think about changing our life styles. This is >a message we should have on our lips, because we >believe that man cannot live by bread alone, but >somehow we think that he can and the more jam on the >bread the better.
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