one in a million

I haven't said much about darfur in a long time. Perhaps because I haven't said much at all lately, perhaps because I'm a million miles further from Darfur than I was in my dusty sheets this time last year. But the reality is that Darfur is still there. The people in those pretty pictures I sent are still there. There are still millions of people living in camps, and all those terrible things in the news are still happening.

I'm learning in my new little life here, that even if I can't be in Sudan to tangibly touch the hurting, there are still things I can do to make a difference for my friends over there in that far away dusty world.

Alot is going on right now in the states to advocate for the people of Sudan and to put pressure on the government to stop what is happening there. This week we all have a chance to say something and speak up for my friends in Darfur. The Million Voices for Darfur campaign is asking a million people to send postcards to President Bush to not turn a blind on Sudan. The best part is that you don't even need a postcard to do it. You can just click right HERE. This isn't a ploy to add you to a mailing list or send you spam, it is just a way to let your light help shine in the darkness of Darfur.

Don't do it for me. I'm asking you to speak up because I know that Fatiah, Fatma, Khadea, Halima, Akhmed, Munira, and Nadir would thank you for it.

Be one in a million.

"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy."
-Proverbs 31:8,9