Iron Bru › Forums › Non Football › Nagorno Kharabakh › Reply To: Nagorno Kharabakh
OK, Gurney. I suspected it was more about me and my professed faith when I read your first response. I shrugged at that point but Sidey’s reasonable perspective has drawn our your true motivation so I’ll give some detail ..though I’m a little less than optimistic that you’ll modify your position regarding my ‘compassion’ or otherwise.
My ‘sudden’ interest specifically in Armenia has lasted many years. I work with and support a Charity that has given aid to Armenia for years. I was there ten months ago giving aid specifically to the increasing number of injured and displaced folks from Nagorno Kharabakh. Clearly when this came to a head a couple of weeks ago I would be distressed.
I also give financially to another more generalised charity that gives aid to other areas of need such as South Sudan or Yemen. I also host a monthly prayer group in my home and have given researched information and led prayer for the countries you mention.But there’s no doubt that I feel called to concentrate my meager time and resources to the Armenia situation.
As far as ‘favouring’ Christian groups I would add that my wife volunteers at a refugee charity teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers.. 95% of whom come from places like Syria and Afganistan. Several have come to our home as friends. When the former Jugoslavia broke apart 20 plus years ago I was part of a group from several churches who brought 23 families to Leeds. They were a mixture of Serb, Croatia and Bosnian Muslims ..often mixed marriages with nowhere to go. The majority were Bosnian Muslim. I took time out of my business for 6 weeks to run the Centre and then agreed to stay ..eventually with pay.. until they were resettled 18 months later.
I know that you are concerned about ‘the Christian right’. Two suggestions from. One would be to not caricature a diverse spectrum of people who carry a particular label so that they can be shoehorned to fit your own agenda. Secondly ..use your own energy and resources and compassion to help the poor folks that you highlighted.
