Tag: Generosity

CHANNELED MESSAGE – Consider Generosity

by 8hummingbirdway

LEI LEI SPEAKS

This message is about generosity. Lei Lei suggests that we all take a look at our willingness to be generous and at our comfort in accepting generosity. Generosity will come into play to a greater extent in our future if we are aiming for ascendance in alignment with Mother Earth.

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Why we are only planting sweet potatoes

by 8hummingbirdway
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I received this email from my friend and ally Bienvenu Kamwendo 2 days ago. In Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo they have suffered great hardship in the past year. Soldiers have taken over this area on behalf of the “International Mafia” seeking to mine valuable high-tech minerals there, and there has been significant loss of life and freedom, including the loss of a woman’s husband there, a woman Therese, who I met and worked with during my brief time in Congo.

Bienve’s work with Remember Youth for Change has been impacted greatly. Click here to read about this man who I visited in February 2024 and his work with refugees, child soldiers, and disenfranchised youth in Goma.

Dear Friend and Partner, 

At Remember Youth for Change (R.Y.C.) , we aren’t waiting for the perfect moment to start—we are working with what we have. 

Right now, our youth are in the fields of Mudja planting *sweet potatoes*. We chose this “survival crop” because, as *renters*, we cannot risk planting long-term, high-yield seeds on land we don’t own. We are farming for today, but we are dreaming of tomorrow.

*We are participating in the GlobalGiving “Little by Little” Campaign, and we have two small requests for you:

1.  Give $5: In Goma, $10 is a brick in our foundation. It helps us move toward our *$35,000 goal* to buy this land permanently and stop paying $3,800 in annual rent.

2.  *Share the Link:*This is just as important as a donation. Please forward this email or share our link with *3 friends*. A personal recommendation from you carries more weight than any advertisement.

Act now on our GlobalGiving Page:

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/farming-for-community-affected-by-war-in-d-r-c/

By giving $10 and sharing our story, you are helping us transition from “displaced tenants” to sovereign landowners. Let’s reach this goal, little by little, together.

With gratitude,

Bienvenu Kamwendo 

Founder, Remember Youth for Change (R.Y.C.)

Goma, Eastern DRC

Watssap : +243852753375

Website: https://www.rememberyouth.org/

US dollars go a great deal farther in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Read my Africa posts from early 2024 or click the link at the top of this page to learn more about Bienve and his sacred work of generosity.

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Thank you – Annie

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Witnessing Generosity

by 8hummingbirdway

Almost a year and a half ago my sister-in-law and her husband lost their beautiful home in Ashville, NC. Their home had been on the market …and suddenly there was no home. The insurance company determined that the home was destroyed by a mudslide rather than the hurricane …and so they were not covered.

This home was worth a great deal – over a million dollars. It was days before people could get to them, and when they were rescued, the insurance company initially put them up in a hotel …and they slowly came to terms with their new reality.

Since then, they have been living in an RV, working at state parks in the South, most recently in Georgia. They are in their 60s, and this has hit them very hard.

Meanwhile, our northern holiday gathering with my brother-in-law’s family was rescheduled for the following Saturday – 2 days after Christmas.

Just before Christmas, my husband spoke with his sister on the phone. She was having a tough spell and shared some challenges with him.

He told her about the snow we were getting …and the upcoming gathering. We had talked of inviting them to come North, and he did. It was not a surprise that she couldn’t afford to come, but the sadness in her voice hit us hard.

In the background, I encouraged him to offer to fly them up.

Generosity has always been a point of contention between us. My husband is fiscally conservative and a great saver, for which I am very grateful …and I tend to be generous to a fault. (We keep some of our finances seperate, and we have both mitigated our tendencies. Happily, this difference between us has ceased to be a bone of contention in our marriage.)

I watched him as he grappled with the idea of being generous on this level – flying his sister and her husband North to join the family gathering. We had all missed them so much, and felt in our hearts the loss and disorientation they were still navigating.

And then it happened. He offered to fly them up!

Initially she declined, because this just wasn’t done in their family. However, she agreed a few minutes later …and within an hour, flights were booked and paid.

My husband had never before expereinced being the source of generosity in this substantial way. He was elated.

The family holiday gathering was a deeply important and connected reunion for all of us.

As I write this, I realize it’s actually the first time we’ve all gathered since their mom died 2 years ago.

My step-kids were able to join the fray, and we were all able to enjoy an extended time together.

There were a few small gifts, and a great deal of palpable love, joy and laughter.

My husband glowed with internal happiness – as the hero that brought his sister home.

It has been amazing to witness this generosity. I have seen it showing up in small ways, slowly growing. But this was a significant expansion …and a big departure.

Even now, I feel tears close to the surface. I am deeply moved and grateful.

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