It is always interesting to see what you get when you transplant a group of passionate people from all over the world into a brand new context. They have come from Australia, Britain, Denmark, Zimbabwe, Russia and Tanzania to partner with Pakistani staff to deliver life transforming ministries. Alone each person, regardless of their origin, is clever and committed but essentially ineffective in the enormous task, but together, as a team, they are delivering some pretty impressive life changes.
It still feels like a drop in the ocean, but for those who today will eat, read, deliver a healthy baby, or find a job as a result of the efforts of this team and the money of hundreds of donors, it is a chance at life - a life that most of us take for granted.
I wish that I could transport donors, and potential supporters, to the field and introduce them to the people: let them look into the eyes of the proud new mum and see the simultaneous look of hope and concern; let them see the uncertain smile on the face of the school kid who got his first pen; or the relief on the face of the young girl that doesn't have to walk miles to get the days water supply.
It's when the case numbers become faces and stories that lives are transformed - and its not just the lives of the recipient - it's my life too.
