BrandonM.B’s BodyBlog

I decided to cut my bodyspace time considerably..basically just to update my wo tracker and body stats(and lifting stats if it’s a REALLY good day) , check up on a few friends, and encourage those who actually need it.

I’m not in a great mood right now; one of the volunteers for H.U.G.S, Tessi, is stuck in General Santos City on the island of Mindanao in the Phillipines.  Civil war has just broke out there, the body count is rising as muslim insurgents and the Phillipine army go toe to toe…she was supposed to come back this week and now she is stuck there for however long, who knows?  On top of that, little Angel Mae is hanging on by a thread, she is battling constant infections from her exposed intestine and the amount of red tape keeping her from getting her surgery and coming to America is miles long..

I’m trying not to think about how 90% of our funding comes from one couple, and the other 10% from us at the church. I’m trying not to think of how Trinity Baptist and the other local super churches constantly preach prosperity sermons, yet there is never any talk of "feed the sheep". These people actually HAVE money. Or the Jehova’s Witness, who pull in a billion annually but do exactly JACK SQUAT to help crippled children or other needy people!!! Those people in sitting in those cushy seats at arena sized churches don’t need to hear "Jesus wants you to have a better car, a bigger house," they need to hear,"IF YOU’RE GONNA CALL HIM LORD YOU BETTER START DOING HIS WORK, OR HE WILL SAY TO YOU ,"I NEVER KNEW YE"!!!"  But the preachers won’t, because if you tell the hard, un-watered down truth there WILL be empty seats. There goes the donations, then they can’t live in a mansion anymore,well boo hoo. Those men should be ASHAMED. When we at H.U.G.S get donations, it’s always from the lower middle class or even poor people..why am I not suprised!?  Those that have little give(God bless them), those that already have just take more and keep it all for themselves.  I will say 80% of people who claim to be Christian absolutely are NOT!!!

All in all, I’m just SO frustrated because I cannot do more right now to help. :(   I want to do more than just pray and give chump change….

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