Money changes.............nothing

While in Ecuador last month I had the privilige of meeting Fernando Puga. Fernando is the Country Director of Ecuador for Compassion International and former Minister of the Interior. In Ecuador, Compassion partners with 200 churches to serve 43,000 sponsored children. There are 100 students in the Leadership Development Program. He told us that money can help to change circumstances but by itself changes nothing. It's not the resources that brings change; it's the spirit behind the resources. He said that these kids live in poverty but poverty is not in their heart.

Which reminds me of one of my favorite quotes of late. It's by Wes Stafford in his book Too Small To Ignore: "While changed circumstances sometimes change people, changed people always change circumstances".