The Peace Index

CHAPTER SIXProvision: Nothing to Fear

When it comes to Provision (having what you need), there are three types of People:

1. Those who have more than enough resources. They have so much that they are not aware how much money they fritter away because they don't think about it because they don't need to think about it.
2. Those who have what they need but would like a little (or a lot) more. These are the people who can make ends meet but they think about those needs regularly with the occasional fear that they might not have enough. They usually do.
3. Those who live paycheck to paycheck and go without, without telling others. These are the people who have grown accustomed to sacrificing to help their kids or family, hoping for days when they don't have to think about the basics of food or transportation or a place to live.

When I lived in Moscow, Russia, as a 21‐year‐old, I lived off $700 per month. I didn't have excess, but I had what I needed. I also wanted to have more provisions. That is when I met Fatorma Siafa.

Fatorma was a refugee from Liberia. The Soviet Union would sponsor Africans to study there, and he was now stuck in Moscow with thousands of other Africans. When the Soviet empire dissolved, so did the scholarship money.

I first met Fatorma in our small International Fellowship church that was held each week in a movie theater. Over time, Fatorma would become the steward of the benevolence work to others who didn't have Provisions. We would give monies and Fatorma would ...