When I go to the field to visit our programs, I often receive requests from the beneficiaries. Typically, they will ask for t-shirts or bicycles or even ID cards. Sometimes the request comes in the form of a speech and other times I receive a written letter. Last week, on a field visit in Western Uganda, I received a letter from a man who was not quite “all there.” Rather than requesting material items, however, this man gave a list of advice. The list not only made me smile (and laugh), but it amazed me for it’s simple profundity. Allow me to share it with you:
1. Prayer is important.
2. Becoming serious about God is very important.
3. Why hang yourself in a skyscraper?
4. Trusting in God is extremely nice/crucial.
5. Never commit suicide when the Almighty God is still in existence.
6. Never trust in anyone who is not God.
It’s one of the best letters I’ve received from a beneficiary. And I don’t even know his name.
