Jesus told him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head." - Matthew 8:20
One problem that many American volunteers face when traveling and serving overseas concerns money. Often those who live in third-world countries observe our clothes and possessions and assume (rightly so) that we are wealthy. Of course, by comparison, we are! It is even possible for the price of one round-trip airfare from the U.S. to exceed a typical year's wages in some of the countries we visit. The sad truth is that the lost people in these places often equate our prosperity with Christianity, and now you understand why money can be such a problem.
Remember this, Jesus was not rich according to earthly standards. In fact, he had "no place to lay his head."
The peoples of this world have many needs. It would be criminal to not meet those needs when the situation is critical and we have the ability to do so; however, we must not let our riches hide God's provision for their greatest need, which is eternal life. It would be just as criminal for a person to be well-fed and in good health, but lost forever.
Poverty, frost, famine, rain, disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to common sense. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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