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“Be a person who is love”

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Rachael Dill Boyer in Christian Witness, Stories

Have you ever met someone who just radiates the love, light, and peace of God? Last month, while traveling in Swaziland, I had the privilege of meeting Nomsa, a World Vision volunteer AIDS caregiver. She is one of those people — so full of the love of God that it can’t help but spill out to those around her. This Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share her story. Nomsa presented me with a new way of looking at 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV): “Love is patient, love is kind…it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” In a society that often equates the word “love” with romantic love, I had forgotten that this verse is talking about the way we...

All in a day’s work for caregiver volunteers

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Miyon Kautz, World Vision Zambia in Causes, Christian Witness

In Uganda, Milly uses a caregiver kit to treat an HIV-positive family. ©2010 Simon Peter Esaku/World Vision

Editor’s note: This month is the five-year anniversary of the World Vision U.S. Caregiver Kits program — an initiative that equips volunteers with kits containing simple items that assist in caring for those affected by HIV and AIDS. To honor the outstanding difference this program has made in the lives of caregivers and their clients, we asked Miyon to describe how World Vision volunteer caregivers are an asset to their communities. The thing I love most about Zambia is the people. Sure, the landscape is beautiful — big open land dotted with crops and thatched roof huts, blue skies with fluffy clouds. The wildlife is fantastic — lions, giraffes, leopards, hippos. But it’s the spirit of the people who call...