Sunday Thoughts from Raised to Walk C.M. Alvarez

Often the church is focused on numbers and programs. But Christianity is about Jesus, and Jesus is a person, not a gig. Some Sunday thoughts.

Sometimes an opportunity will seem like a good thing, but it is actually misdirection. Some Sunday thoughts.

There are always snakes lurking and it's important to be on guard. Some Sunday thoughts.

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Empathy isn't just a word in the dictionary, we should be putting it into practice. What does empathy look like and where is the lack. Some Sunday thoughts.
Timstamps, Topics, & Resources
0:00- Intro
Job and his Redeemer
https://youtu.be/r0ptGCciYhg

Light in the Darkness Read-Along
https://youtu.be/vM4VckD9Cwk
8:07- The importance of empathy
Six Sigma
https://asq.org/quality-resources/six-sigma

Total Quality Management
https://www.bmc.com/blogs/tqm-total-quality-management/

Registered Refugees # Refugee-like from Afghanistan
https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/afghanistan

November 13, 2022: Pakistan warns paperless migrants about jail time, alarming Afghans waiting to come to Canada
Afghan refugee applicants warn the federal government about a new deadline looming in Pakistan for migrants
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghan-migrant-refugee-canada-pakistan-1.6645091

December 23, 2022: Paperless Afghan Migrants to be Fined or Blacklisted, not Deported: Pakistan
https://www.khaama.com/paperless-afghan-migrants-to-be-fined-or-blacklisted-not-deported-pakistan/
10:36- Lack of Empathy & Awareness in the U.S. State Department
@n1leftbehind This is the reality for Afghans facing deportation: a murderous and vindictive Taliban. Afghans must be provided refuge while their immigration cases are processed.
https://twitter.com/n1leftbehind/status/1720454420318601233

@shawnjvandiver Last year, this lovely message came from Pakistan.

Today, the
@GovtofPakistan
is effectively holding hostage Afghans who have valid US visas in their passports by not letting them leave, even as they complain about their presence.

It is outrageous. #AfghanEvac
=== Pakistan has been a destination of choice for millions of Afghans fleeing their strife-torn homeland for the past four decades and counting — in fact, in many cases, this is the only country they can escape to safely.
https://twitter.com/shawnjvandiver/status/1719103164551422459

@BlancmangeBlob Have you seen what Pakistan is doing to the Afghan refugees right now? Expelling them, tearing them away from their lives and livelihoods, sending them back to a failed and starving state. Two million of them!
https://twitter.com/BlancmangeBlob/status/1721124252928168378

@Jahanzi12947158 Thousands of Afghan refugees are being mass deported by Pakistani government . These families has businesses & homes built in Pakistan over the years. Imagine the thousands of girls in these trucks will not go to school in #Afghanistan, & will be forced to marry.
https://twitter.com/Jahanzi12947158/status/1719744828299440534

@NasimiShabnam Receiving reports from people in Pakistan that even documented refugees are being deported back to Afghanistan.

A woman who has lived in Peshawar for 17 years is being ordered to return to Afghanistan TODAY.

Why isn't the world speaking up?
https://twitter.com/NasimiShabnam/status/1719678277378302206

@RaisedtoWalk Oh, but IOM sent an EMAIL (nevermind the police are ignoring PoRs & @Refugees certs) ... & @StateDept CARE has a hotline, a US hotline ... For Afghan allies being deported from Pakistan back to Afghanistan 🤦‍♀️
== The
@StateDept seems completely oblivious to the realities of the situation. Oh, hotline... Great! WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO THEM? Do you really think Afghans that have been hanging by a thread in Pakistan for TWO YEARS have toll-free international calling? Are you kidding?
== Those "efforts" are either just for show so you can say "See look, we're doing something," or the
@StateDept
is run by idiots. If you actually want it to be helpful, at the very least connect it on WhatsApp
==They're like the @HumbleISD trustees, Grabowski & Parker, who voted to shutdown the health clinic at a low-income HS (that is NO COST to the district), bc they have no empathy or understanding of what it might be like to be w/o help or resources.

We are saved by faith, and faith is trust that commits ... but where are we really putting our trust? Some Sunday thoughts.

We often think the "good" life is easy and free of trials. But Some Sunday thoughts.