{"id":19808,"date":"2011-03-07T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T02:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/?p=19808"},"modified":"2011-03-07T21:04:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T02:04:05","slug":"last-chance-if-you-had-a-chance-to-save-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2011\/03\/last-chance-if-you-had-a-chance-to-save-a-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Last chance… if you had a chance to save a life"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS IS A REPOST-COMMENTS IN THIS ARE CLOSED. \u00a0TO COMMENT ON THE CORRECT THREAD, GO HERE… <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In your lifetime, there are few moments when you’re given the opportunity to directly save another person’s life.-Bryan Mealer, HuffPo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you had a chance to save somebody’s life, and it didn’t take all that much… would you do it? \u00a0Well, here’s that chance…<\/p>\n

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A few days ago, I blogged Marrion P’Udongo, a minister in the Congo who has dedicated his life to his people. Not just ministering to them in the way people might think…but risking his life on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

Paraphrased…he says…(paraphrased because I suck at trying to get exact words down)<\/p>\n

“My job as a minister isn’t just about trying to lead people to heaven, but caring for all of them while here on earth.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 2003, he hid 70 people in his house as the militia tore the town apart. \u00a0He could have been killed for what he did…but he did it anyway.<\/p>\n

He has reached out to the child soldiers in the Congo, trying to give them the chance to be children<\/em>…not child soldiers, but children.<\/p>\n

He’s a voice for the numerous women and girls who are raped in the eastern Congo. \u00a0He works with orphanages that care for the children who’ve lost their parents in the war.<\/p>\n

He’s a husband. \u00a0He’s a father. \u00a0He’s a hero.<\/p>\n

He’s also dying. \u00a0He was recently diagnosed with acute renal failure and he needs a transplant. \u00a0You can imagine they probably don’t have the sort of resources in the Congo that might be found in other countries.<\/p>\n

While the loss of any life is tragic, this man is a hero who has touched countless lives in that bit of the world-and you rarely hear much about the devastation there, the horrors, the tragedies. \u00a0Wars have raged there for years. \u00a0Yet all we hear is a blip every now and then.<\/p>\n

Children living as soldiers. \u00a0Families slaughtered. Women and girls are endlessly raped, their abusers never brought to justice. \u00a0This man is one of the few that will speak for them. \u00a0And if he dies…will there be another to take his place?<\/p>\n

Some of the pastor’s friends are trying to raise money via indiegogo<\/a> to pay for the transplant and time is running out. \u00a0I made a donation but I want to do more. \u00a0 Romanceland has rallied behind\u00a0communities\u00a0devastated\u00a0by\u00a0hurricanes\u00a0and it’s rallied behind the black-footed ferret…maybe we can do something to help this amazing man. \u00a0This is a small something, but everything starts small, right?<\/p>\n

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So… for\u00a0every\u00a0comment left here in this thread, up to four hundred, I’m donating an\u00a0additional\u00a0dollar on top of my previous donation. \u00a0If 400 comments are left (at my blog-not FB, Goodreads, etc) I’ll donate $400. \u00a0Now… to help maybe inspire others to give…if you<\/em> donate via this page <\/a>(they accept paypal, too, so international readers can enter!) with a minimum donation of $5.00 via paypal, then your name is entered to win:<\/p>\n