Day 6, and I discovered my underpants were made in Honduras!

Day 6 and I'm back from Tacoma and its very Scottish weather - loved it.
Got my first new book of 2010 delivered today "Where Am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes" @ Kelsey Timmerman.
The book starts with these words: I was made in America. My 'Jingle These' Christmas boxers were made in Bangladesh. I had an all-American childhood in rural Ohio. My all-American blue jeans were made in Cambodia. I wore flip-flops everyday for a year when I worked as a Scuba diving instructor in Key West. They were made in China. One day while staring at a pile of clothes on the floor, I noticed the tag of my favorite T-shirt: Made in Honduras." I read the tag. My mind wandered. A quest was born.
Enjoying it - and its not only about sweat shops - an interesting look at globalization.

.....so my do something deliberate every day in being a Christ follower. I looked at my labels - made in Mexico, made in Honduras, made in bangledesh, made in China, and one label where its worn off!

For many years (in fact since I got involved with Operation Mobilization while a pastor in Scotland) I've made a lot about us being global Christians. The flat world of the 21st century hands our generation the huge responsibility to be global. Everywhere is reachable within a 36 hour journey. The Gospel can go further - easier and quicker - then in any other time in history - being a global Christian is our history!

So today my family and some others packed 550 pairs of shoes to take to Kenya in 12 days time. I emailed a Christian friend in Holland, spoke to my younger brother in Scotland about a friend he is sharing the Gospel with, sent a Skype message to my dear friends Jake and Renee in Guatemala, emailed my dear friend David in Kenya - and prayed that God would make 2010 a significant year in us helping those we know in Kenya, Guatemala and Mexico ...as well as open new doors perhaps in Haiti and eslewhere.

I'll tell you more of the book when I get it finished. I'll keep you posted on how I/we delierately take a firmer hold of the global baton and do something more with it for the global Kigndom of God in the next 358 days.
I wonder what that might mean for my clothes as well as for the clothes of many of the orphans we're involved with??