Jewish World Watch in Congo: How blessed are we

By JewishJournal.com

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/bloggish/item/jewish_world_watch_in_congo_how_blessed_are_we_20091102/

In just a few hours our small group representing Jewish World Watch leaves for the Eastern Congo. Every day for the last week, my sisters each call me and ask me if I feel that going to the Congo is really necessary. My parents and my in-laws ask me on a daily basis if there is anything they could say to persuade me to cancel the trip. Of course, my husband and children have demonstrated great respect for my decision to go, but I know how anxious they are for the trip to be over and for me to be safely back home. I am definitely apprehensive; how could I not be! Actually, this is not a trip that I really want to take. Even as an “adventure”, this trip falls short. (Would a trip in 1940 to a concentration camp in Poland or Germany be considered an adventure?) Rather, this is a trip of duty. This is a trip that tests the very principle on which Jewish World Watch was formed; and, for me, this is a trip that tests my commitment to that principle.

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Comments:	A friend has recommended you read the following from The Jewish Journal... Jewish World Watch in Congo: How blessed are we In just a few hours our small group representing Jewish World Watch leaves for the Eastern Congo. Every day for the last week, my sisters each call me and ask me if I feel that going to the Congo is really necessary. My parents and my in-laws ask me on a daily basis if there is anything they could say to persuade me to cancel the trip. Of course, my husband and children have demonstrated great respect for my decision to go, but I know how anxious they are for the trip to be over and for me to be safely back home. I am definitely apprehensive; how could I not be! Actually, this is not a trip that I really want to take. Even as an “adventure”, this trip falls short. (Would a trip in 1940 to a concentration camp in Poland or Germany be considered an adventure?) Rather, this is a trip of duty. This is a trip that tests the very principle on which Jewish World Watch was formed; and, for me, this is a trip that tests my commitment to that principle. http://www.jewishjournal.com/bloggish/item/jewish_world_watch_in_congo_how_blessed_are_we_20091102/