A Heart's Home Missionary

I was so pleased to be able to participate in the fundraising/prayer-raising efforts for a college friend as she prepares for a missionary trip to Thailand later in the year. Natalie will be serving an 18-month term for an international Catholic non-profit active on 5 continents, Heart's Home. Heart's Home’s mission is to live compassion among the most suffering people, starting with the children.

Natalie will be serving in Bangkok's Klong Toey slum. She calls for support of prayers and funds (she has to raise the $11,700 necessary to cover living expenses, training, travel, insurance, etc., to cover her missionary work). To donate to Natalie directly or learn more about her mission of love, please visit her site directly: http://usa.heartshome.org/Natalie-H-Sacramento-CA.html. I am inspired by her mission!

In October of 2011, I look for­ward to let­ting go of the familiar in order to say to the people of Bangkok’s Klong Toey slum, “I rec­og­nize in you a divine pres­ence. You are the Christ who comes to me in the stranger, the pris­oner, the one who is naked, who is hungry. It’s not because of your needs, but because you have spe­cial gifts to share. Through you and your giving, I receive the gift of love and see the face of God. I am grateful. And I hope you rec­og­nize how beau­tiful you are!” (Henri Nouwen). Aware of my weak­nesses and the great chal­lenge posed by this simple mis­sion, I am hum­bled by and grateful for the oppor­tu­nity to answer this call. I know that I’ll receive far more than I will give, and that I can only do this with God’s grace and much sup­port.

--from Natalie’s webpage