Comments on: It’s ironic. http://brianjbecker.com/congo/its-ironic/ From the American Southwest to the Heart of Africa Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:22:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jamie http://brianjbecker.com/congo/its-ironic/#comment-26 Jamie Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:32:58 +0000 http://brianjbecker.com/?p=31#comment-26 Brian, I'm sitting here in England with Rob Gailey after the Skoll Foundation's World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship (http://www.skollfoundation.org/skollcentre/skoll_forum.asp). What an interesting conference and crowd. I got a chance to meet Muhamed Yunus (for all the uninitiated, the Bangali economist famous for starting in the early 1970s what Brian is doing now). Of course it was a little bazaar, because we got to meet him at the same conference where we were introduced to Al Gore (yep, the guy who was voted president of the United States in 2000) Jeff Skoll (Ebay co-founder), actors Robert Redford and Sir Ben Kingsley and some of the managers of the wealthiest philanthropies in the world. Your kind of work is getting a tremendous amount of attention these days, Brian! I've been thinking about you a lot this weekend and, of course, Rob and I have been talking a lot about you and the work to which you've committed yourself. Of course, Rob has had his hands full explaining to this crazy anthropologist how enticing people into the belly of the beast (read "consumer capitalist economy") is actually a good thing. But I have been very impressed by the way micro-credit has put desperately needed resources in the hands of the poorest in our world. And I am even more impressed by the people committing their lives to making this happen. You are in good company, my friend. I continue to pray for you. I'm am learning a lot from you already from this blog. Please keep it coming! Grace and peace, Jamie Brian,

I’m sitting here in England with Rob Gailey after the Skoll Foundation’s World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship (http://www.skollfoundation.org/skollcentre/skoll_forum.asp). What an interesting conference and crowd. I got a chance to meet Muhamed Yunus (for all the uninitiated, the Bangali economist famous for starting in the early 1970s what Brian is doing now). Of course it was a little bazaar, because we got to meet him at the same conference where we were introduced to Al Gore (yep, the guy who was voted president of the United States in 2000) Jeff Skoll (Ebay co-founder), actors Robert Redford and Sir Ben Kingsley and some of the managers of the wealthiest philanthropies in the world. Your kind of work is getting a tremendous amount of attention these days, Brian!

I’ve been thinking about you a lot this weekend and, of course, Rob and I have been talking a lot about you and the work to which you’ve committed yourself. Of course, Rob has had his hands full explaining to this crazy anthropologist how enticing people into the belly of the beast (read “consumer capitalist economy”) is actually a good thing. But I have been very impressed by the way micro-credit has put desperately needed resources in the hands of the poorest in our world. And I am even more impressed by the people committing their lives to making this happen. You are in good company, my friend.

I continue to pray for you. I’m am learning a lot from you already from this blog. Please keep it coming!

Grace and peace,
Jamie

]]> By: Jason http://brianjbecker.com/congo/its-ironic/#comment-25 Jason Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:41:34 +0000 http://brianjbecker.com/?p=31#comment-25 That looks like alot of money! You better count it all. That looks like alot of money! You better count it all.

]]> By: ashby http://brianjbecker.com/congo/its-ironic/#comment-24 ashby Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:19:28 +0000 http://brianjbecker.com/?p=31#comment-24 Oh, Brian. What a beautiful entry. I miss Africa so much that my heart beats funny when I read your blog. I saw a microwave once in Kenya. It was used for...um...I can't really remember what we used it for, now. But it existed, okay? I will see what I can do about getting those little guys in school. : ) (Right Kelly?) I think one of my favourite things about Africa (by which I mean 'Kenya, UG and TZ') is that if I want something, I just have to ask for it, and they will tell me if it exists, and will most likely find it for me. That sounds like, 'wow, I love africa because I get to go shopping like, all the time!' What I mean is, 'wow. These people will literally go the second mile for you.' I am reading 'the end of poverty.' I pray for you. Grace and peace. Oh, Brian. What a beautiful entry. I miss Africa so much that my heart beats funny when I read your blog.
I saw a microwave once in Kenya. It was used for…um…I can’t really remember what we used it for, now. But it existed, okay?
I will see what I can do about getting those little guys in school. : ) (Right Kelly?)

I think one of my favourite things about Africa (by which I mean ‘Kenya, UG and TZ’) is that if I want something, I just have to ask for it, and they will tell me if it exists, and will most likely find it for me.
That sounds like, ‘wow, I love africa because I get to go shopping like, all the time!’ What I mean is, ‘wow. These people will literally go the second mile for you.’

I am reading ‘the end of poverty.’

I pray for you.

Grace and peace.

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