Thursday, January 13, 2011

SPS Alumni Pledges and Collections 12th Jan 2011

Kazi ya kuchangia mradi wa ufugaji nguruwe pale SPS ilianza jana (12 Januari 2011) kama inavyosomeka hapo chini.
"It can be done, play your part" Mwl J.K. Nyerere



SNNAMEPLEDGES (TZS) COLLECTIONS (TZS)BALANCE OWED (TZS)
1Gaudence Hyera         100,000          100,000
2Enock Ngombale Mwiru         100,000          100,000
3Charles Msike        200,000         200,000
4Castor Mayolera         100,000          100,000
5Yohanes Kachenje        200,000         200,000
6Fr. Novatus Mbaula         150,000                  150,000                         -  
7Marcelin Libangu         100,000          100,000
8Raymond Kimaro         100,000          100,000
9Dennis Mzelela         100,000          100,000
10Collin Gumbu        200,000         200,000
11Imani Komba         100,000          100,000
12Anicetus Mwesa         100,000          100,000
13Kizito E. Ndeka         100,000          100,000
14Novatus Mikapagaro         100,000          100,000
15Sebastian Naria         250,000          250,000
16Vedastus Makweba        200,000         200,000
17Robert Kayanda        200,000         200,000
18Fr. Salvinus Kweba         100,000          100,000
19Gervas Kondobole     1,100,000                  100,000     1,000,000
20Eksi Mwingizi        200,000                  150,000            50,000
21Respious Hugo        300,000                 300,000                         -  
22Charles Assey         250,000                  250,000                         -  
23Deo Mganda         100,000          100,000
24Fr. Charles Kilogha         100,000          100,000
25John Liveti Libonge         100,000          100,000
26Fr. Benno Kikudo         100,000                    50,000            50,000
27Fr. Carol Mloka        200,000         200,000
28Gaudiose Kamugisha        500,000                  150,000          350,000
29Antipacy Shinyambala        500,000                  150,000          350,000
                        -  
Totals  5,950,000            1,300,000   4,650,000

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

MKUTANO MKUU WA 3 WA WANA-SPS

TAARIFA YA GOMBERA KWA WANA SPS
 MSIMBAZI CENTRE, DAR ES SALAAM 
TAREHE 12/01/2011


1. UTANGULIZI:

Waheshimiwa wana SPS, awali ya yote napenda kuchukua nafasi hii kumshukuru Mungu kwa kutujalia kufika siku ya leo tunapokusanyika hapa kwa lengo la kupeana taarifa muhimu juu ya maendeleo ya mama yetu SPS.

Tunatambua majukumu mengi mliyonayo lakini kutokana na upendo wenu wa dhati kwa seminari yetu, mkitambua mchango mkubwa wa shule hii kwenu mkawa tayari kutenga muda kwaajili ya mama SPS.  Tunasema asanteni sana na Mungu awabariki kwa utayari na upendo wenu kwa mama yetu.

2. TAARIFA YA SEMINARI:

Waheshimiwa wana SPS, Seminari Ndogo ya Mt. Petro, Morogoro ni    shule ya kikatoliki inayotoa elimu ya sekondari kidato cha kwanza hadi cha    sita na malezi maalumu ya kidini na kimaadili kwa vijana wanaoandaliwa    kuwa Mapadre wa Kanisa Katoliki.

Shule hii inamilikiwa kwa pamoja na Majimbo Saba ya Kanisa Katoliki    ambayo ni Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Morogoro, Tanga, Same, Mahenge na    Dodoma.  Kwa ruhusa maalum ya Mwenyekiti Bodi ya Maaskofu tunaopia     waseminaristi kutoka Jimbo Kuu la Songea, Mashirika ya Wasalvatori,    Wabenedictine na Wakarmaleti.

Kwa sasa seminari ina idadi ya wanafunzi 355.


2.1. MAENDELEO YA TAALUMA:

Waheshimiwa wana SPS, Seminari yetu bado ni moja kati ya shule bora Tanzania kwa wanafunzi kufanya vizuri katika mitihani yao ya Taifa.  Pamoja na ukweli kuwa kwa muda mrefu hatujaingia katika kumi bora.

Hata hivyo jitahada zinafanyika kwa kiwango kikubwa kwa ushirikiano wenu ili tuirudishe seminari yetu katika kumi bora kitaifa.

Hadi sasa tunapoanza mwaka huu 2011 shule imekamilisha kuwa na idadi sahihi ya walimu wanaohitajika, tena ni walimu wanosifika kwa ubora.

Bado zoezi la kuboresha maktaba yetu na mahabara linaendelea. Tunaamini baada ya muda mfupi tutaweza kurudi kileleni tulipokuwa miaka ya nyuma.

2.2. CHANGAMOTO:

Waheshimiwa wana SPS, Utume wa Seminari Ndogo ya Mt. Petro, Morogoro  tangu iasisiwe ni kutoa elimu bora ya sekondari na malezi bora kwa vijana wenye mwelekeo wa kuwa mapadri kwa gharama nafuu inayoweza  kulipwa na hata familia zenye kipato kidogo sana.  Seminari Ndogo ya Mtakatifu Petro, Morogoro ni moja ya shule zenye kiwango kidogo sana cha ada miongoni mwa shule binafsi za bweni.

Kwa sasa kiwango cha ada kinachotolewa kinakidhi 70% ya gharama za kawaida za kuendeshea shule bila kuingiza mipango ya maendeleo na ukarabati mkubwa.  Hii  inamaana kwamba 30% ya gharama za kuendesha shule lazima zipatikane  kutoka vyanzo vingine kama miradi ya shule na misaada ya wahisani.

Mara nyingi shule imeshindwa  kupata hiyo 30% ya bajeti toka vyanzo hivyo.  Misaada ya wahisani haizidi 15% ya bajeti ya shule; na miradi ya shule  inachangia 2% tu ya bajeti hiyo.  Mbaya zaidi, karibu kila mwaka karibu wanafunzi 20 hushindwa kabisa kulipa ada, hii ni sawa na 4% ya bajeti ya shule.  Hii inamaana kuwa kila mwaka, shule inakuwa na upungufu wa 17% katika bajeti yake na hii ni kwa ajili ya gharama za kawaida tu za kuendeshea  shule, bila kuingiza mipango ya maendeleo na ukarabati mkubwa.


Hivyo pamoja na nia nzuri ya seminari kutoa elimu na malezi bora kwa gharama nafuu, seminari imejikuta katika wakati mgumu kiuchumi .  Bajeti ya shule inakuwa ndogo na hivyo kuathiri mambo mengi, kama vile:

·        Kukosa uwezo wa kuboresha chakula cha wanafunzi;
·        Kukosa uwezo wa kutoa mishahara mizuri kwa walimu na wafanyakazi wasio walimu;
·        Kukosa uwezo wa kukarabati mejengo ya shule na kuyaweka katika hali bora;
·        Kukosa uwezo wa kununua vitabu vya  kiada na rejea vya kutosha kwa matumizi ya wanafunzi na walimu; na
·        Kukosa uwezo wa kuboresha darasa la kompyuta.

2.3. MATAZAMIO YETU:

Tukiwa na  uchumi imara seminari itakuwa katika nafasi ya kuendelea na utume wake wa kutoa elimu bora ya sekondari na malezi bora kwa vijana wenye muelekeo wa kuwa mapadre kwa gharama nafuu inayoweza kulipwa hata na familia zenye kipato cha chini sana.

Hivyo, wakati seminari inaendelea  kusisitiza na kukusanya ada kutoka kwa wanafunzi, wakati seminari inabuni na kutekeleza miradi ya kiuchumi, ni muhimu kwetu kuomba wahisani ndani na nje, mashirika, vikundi na mtu mmojammoja  ambao wnaamini katika utume wa seminari hii ili waungane nasi katika utume huu.

Tunawashukuru sana wana SPS (St. Peter’s Seminary Alumni) ambao  kwa namna  ya pekee tumeamua  kusaidia  maendeleo ya seminari yetu. Kwa muda mfupi wa mwaka mmoja tangu tulipoanza rasmi kutekeleza azma hiyo hapo January 12, 2010 tumeisaidia seminari kwa mambo mengi kama vile:-

·        Kununua meza mbili za mpira wa meza (table tennis) na seti zake (rackets) vyenye kiwango cha Olympics vyote vikiwa na thamani ya Tshs 1,431,000.-
·        Kugharimia magoli ya uwanja wa mpira wa miguu (Tshs 613,750.-)
·        Kuchangia uanzishwaji upya wa shamba la  matunda,  tayari miche elfu moja (1000) ya michungwa na miembe imeshapandwa. Alumni tumechangia Tshs 250,000.- sawa na miche 100.
·        Vitabu vya kiada na rejea vyenye thamani ya Tshs. 6,376,000.- vimenunuliwa na kutolewa zawadi kwa seminari.
·        Meza 13 za mninga na viti vya kisasa vya ofisini 23  vyenye thamani ya Tshs 1,875,000.- vimetolewa zawadi kwa seminari.
·        Mradi wa Biogas wenye thamani ya Tshs 13,973,300.-           umeshaanza kutengenezwa kwa matumizi ya jiko la wanafunzi.

Jumla ya mchango wote wa wana SPS ni Tshs 24,519,050.-  sawa na 7.8% ya bajeti ya shule kwa mwaka 2010. Ni msaada mkubwa sana kwa seminari yetu, tunawashukuru sana.

2.4. MKAKATI  WA KIUCHUMI:

Waheshimiwa wana SPS, ili kukabiliana na  changamoto za kiuchumi zilizopo mbele yetu, pamoja na jitihada nyingine seminari imeanzimia kwa mwaka huu 2011 kuboresha mradi wa nguruwe kama mpango wa kujinasua kiuchumi.
Lengo letu ni kuwa na nguruwe 228. Kwa sasa mabanda yetu yana uwezo wa kuchukua nguruwe 128; kufikia lengo la kuwa na nguruwe 228 tumeazimia kuongeza banda la kuchukua nguruwe 100 zaidi.

Kwa zoezi hili tunatazamia kuboresha chakula cha wanafunzi na kupata pato ambalo kwa pamoja kwa gharama za mwaka wa kwanza wa mradi ni sawa na faida ya Tshs 14,153,053.- kwa mwaka, sawa na 4.5% ya bajeti ya shule.

Ujenzi wa banda jipya la nguruwe utagharimu    Tshs   9,403,425.-
Huduma (chakula na madawa, n.k.)                     Tshs 17,651,760.-
                   Gharama ya mradi                          Tshs 27,055,187.-

Wakati tukiendelea kutafuta wahisani wa kutusaidia ujenzi huo, tayari tumeshaanza kuboresha mifugo iliyopo na kuongeza idadi ya nguruwe ili kujaza mabanda yaliyopo. Hadi sasa shule ina nguruwe 100 wa umri tofauti.


2. 5. MWISHO:

Safari ni ndefu na magumu ni mengi, lakini tutafanikiwa kama  tukizingatia     msemo wa kiswahili “umoja ni nguvu na utengano ni udhaifu”

Kwa moyo wa dhati tunawomba wote wenye kuamini na kuthamini pamoja     nasi utume wa seminari hii tuendelee kuwa kitu kimoja tuiendeleze     seminari yetu.  “Penye  nia pana njia”.  Tukifanya  kazi bega kwa bega kwa     ushirikiano wa dhati tutaifanya seminari hii kuwa bora katika kila nyanja na     hivyo kutoa wahitimu bora watakaolitegemeza  kanisa na jamii kwa ujumla.

3. HITIMISHO:

Napenda kuhitimisha taarifa hii kwa kuwashukuru tena Waheshimiwa wana SPS kwa kuuenzi umoja huu na kuithamini shule yetu,  Mungu awabariki     sana. Salamu nyingi toka seminarini.


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

When You Don't Know What to Do

When You Don't Know What to Do
Melanie Chitwood 
"We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you."
2 Chronicles 20:12b (NIV)         

Devotion:
5 a.m. Wide awake. Thoughts racing and whirling. Chest tight with anxiety.
My mom recently suffered a stroke, and my concern about her weighs heavily, causing my thoughts to spin. How long will Mom need to be in a rehab facility? How's my Dad holding up? Who will watch the boys when my husband's traveling for work and I need to be away to help my parents? We are in a situation we've never been in before, and we're finding that there are so many questions we can't answer.
There's a good chance you, too, are familiar with those middle of the night anxious thoughts and unanswered questions racing through your mind. Maybe your worry is about finances, a job or lack of one, a wayward child, a health challenge, marriage problems, or extended family problems. Or maybe your worries are not about big situations, but the accumulation of smaller challenges burdens your mind and heart. Your thoughts whirl as you wonder about the solution to your problems.
As I lay in bed that early morning, I remembered a familiar and favorite Bible verse: "We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you." I got up from bed, went downstairs, and opened my Bible to today's key verse which perfectly captured what I was feeling and thinking.
By reading the context of 2 Chronicles 20 we learn some key principles to follow in anxious situations. When King Jehoshaphat is told that "a great multitude" is coming to wage war against him, we see how just like us, the king is afraid (2 Chronicles 20:2, 3, NAS).
Instead of sinking in the quicksand of his own fearful thoughts or the inscrutability of the situation, King Jehoshaphat purposefully chooses to focus on the sovereignty of God. The king "turned his attention to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah" (v. 3).
Through prayer and fasting, the king and the people of Judah acknowledge what God has done in the past, and they voice their faith in what he will do in their future. They acknowledge they are powerless, but God is completely powerful.
In the same way through my mom's situation, I have seen how quickly my thoughts could turn to the problems I don't know how to solve. What will we do if she doesn't recover her ability to walk? What if she needs a nurse full-time?
I am learning, however, to turn from these thoughts by thanking my sovereign God for all the ways He has been faithful in the past and all the ways I see His faithfulness in the present circumstances. I am learning to ask Him for wisdom for every little detail. And I am setting my eyes on Him as I wait for His answers.
What problems in your life seem unsolvable or unanswerable? Follow King Jehoshaphat's example. Turn from your own anxious thoughts, acknowledge you don't have the answers, and set your eyes on the One who does.
Dear Lord, I praise You for being a sovereign God. You are in control. I don't have to be. When I don't know what to do, Lord, thank You that I can ask You for wisdom and guidance. You are my Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6). I put in Your hands each of the concerns weighing on my heart and mind. Thank You that I can entrust them into Your loving care. I set my eyes on You, confident You will come to my rescue. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Kipindi cha Majilio ni mwaliko wa kuruhusu neema ya Mungu, maisha ya sala na toba na matendo ya huruma kumwilishwa katika maisha ya kawaida!

Jumapili ya kwanza ya kipindi cha Majilio inaufungua rasmi Mwaka Mpya wa Kanisa, hija ya maisha ya imani, inayowakumbusha waamini, Fumbo la Umwilisho na Siku ya ile ya mwisho, Yesu atakapokuja kuwahukumu wazima na wafu, kama waamini wanavyosali katika Kanuni ya Imani. Majilio linakuwa ni tukio la aina yake, kwani hapo mwili na roho vinaunganika kwa pamoja.

Hayo yamesemwa na Baba Mtakatifu Benedikto wa kumi na sita, wakati wa sala ya Malaika wa Bwana, kwenye Uwanja wa Kanisa kuu la Mtakatifu Petro, mjini Vatican, siku ya jumapili, tarehe 28 Novemba, 2010. Tukio la kungoja, linamshirikisha mwamini mmoja mmoja, familia na jamii kwa ujumla, katika hali na maisha ya kawaida kabisa. Maisha ya mwanadamu yanafumbatwa kimsingi katika fadhila ya matumaini, inayokuwa ni kipimo cha kimaadili na kiroho kwa kile anachotarajia na kutegemea katika maisha.

Baba Mtakatifu anawaalika waamini kila mmoja kujiuliza swali la msingi, katika kipindi hii cha Majilio, ni jambo gani analolitarajia katika maisha yake kama mtu binafasi, familia na taifa kwa ujumla. Kwa Waisraeli wakati wa Agano la Kale, walikuwa na tumaini kubwa la ujio wa Kristo, Masiha na Mteule wa Mungu, ambaye angekuja kuwakomboa watu kutoka katika utumwa wa kimaadili na kisiasa na hatimaye, kuanzisha Ufalme wa Mungu kati ya watu.

Hakuna mtu aliyefikiria kwamba, Masiha wa Bwana angeweza kuzaliwa na msichana kama Bikira Maria, mchumba wake Yosefu, mwenye haki. Hata ndani ya moyo wa Bikira Maria anasema Baba Mtakatifu, hakuwahi kufikiri hata kidogo, matumaini ya Ujio wa Masiha moyoni mwake, yalikuwa makubwa kutokana na imani na matumaini yake, hali iliyomfanya kustahilishwa kuwa ni Mama wa Mkombozi.

Mambo mengine anasema Baba Mtakatifu, Mwenyezi Mungu mwenyewe alikuwa ameyaandaa tangu kuumbwa kwa ulimwengu, ndiyo maana Bikira Maria alikuwa amejaa neema, mkweli na muwazi mintarafu mpango wa Mungu katika maisha yake, changamoto kwa waamini kumjifunza Bikira Maria katika maisha yao.

Bikira Maria ni mwanamke wa Kipindi cha Majilio, aliyejitahidi kulimwilisha tukio hili katika hali mbali mbali za maisha yake, kwa ari na mwelekeo mpya wa maisha, akiwa na kiu kubwa ya matumaini, inayozimwa na ujio wa Mungu katika maisha ya mwanadamu.

Baba Mtakatifu anawakumbusha waamini kwamba, Kipindi cha Majilio kiwasaidie kujiandaa kwa makini, kwa ajili ya adhimisho la Fumbo la Umwilisho. Ni changamoto ya kuruhusu neema ya Mungu, maisha ya sala na toba, pamoja na matendo ya huruma, katika kipindi hiki cha Majilio, waamini wanapongojea kuzaliwa kwa Masiha. Ni mwaliko wa kusimama kidete kulinda na kutunza zawadi ya maisha, kama alivyofanya Bikira Maria.
Source: Radio Vatican

Mheshimiwa Sana Padre Nkwande Renatus, ateuliwa kuwa Askofu wa Jimbo Jipya la Bunda, Tanzania

Baba Mtakatifu Benedikto wa kumi na sita, ameunda jimbo Jipya la Bunda, kwa kumega baadhi ya maeneo ya Jimbo kuu la Mwanza na Jimbo la Musoma. Kwa heshima na tahadhima amemteua Mheshimiwa sana Padre Renatus Leonard Nkwande, aliyekuwa msimamizi wa Jimbo kuu la Mwanza, kuwa Askofu Mpya wa Jimbo la Bunda, Mara, Tanzania

Jimbo la Bunda, linaundwa na Wilaya ya Bunda, Mkoani Mara na Wilaya ya Ukerewe inayovijumuisha visiwa vya Ukara, toka Mkoa wa Mwanza. Parokia ya Saragana na Mabui zinaunda sasa Jimbo Jipya la Bunda. Mpaka kati ya Jimbo la Musoma na Jimbo Jipya la Bunda ni Mto Suguti. Kanisa la Parokia ya Mtakatifu Paulo, litakuwa ni Kanisa kuu la Jimbo Jipya la Bunda.

Askofu mteule Renatus Leonard Nkwande, alizaliwa kunako tarehe 12 Novemba, 1965, Parokia ya Sumve, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza. Alipata masomo yake ya sekondari, Seminari ya Makoko, Musoma na Nyegezi, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza.

Kunako Mwaka 1987 alijiunga na Seminari Kuu ya Kibosho, Moshi, kwa ajili ya masomo ya Falsafa na baadaye mwaka 1989 aliendelea na masomo ya Taalimungu Seminari kuu ya Segerea, iliyoko Jimbo kuu la Dar es Salaam. Alipadrishwa kunako tarehe 2 Julai 1995 akawa ni Padre wa Jimbo kuu la Mwanza.

Tangu alipopadrishwa amefanya shughuli mbali mbali za kichungaji kama Paroko msaidizi, Gombera wa Seminari ndogo ya Nyegezi, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza na baadaye kunako mwaka 2002 hadi 2005 alikwenda Roma kwa masomo ya Sheria za Kanisa, kwenye Chuo Kikuu cha Kipapa cha Urbaniana.

Tangu mwaka 2008 hadi 2009 alikuwa ni Makamu wa Askofu, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza. Na baadaye mwaka 2009 aliteuliwa kuwa msimamizi wa Jimbo kuu la Mwanza kufuatia kifo cha Askofu mkuu Anthony Mayala.
Source: Radio Vatican

Friday, November 26, 2010

Rick Warren Interview


You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,
 
'Purpose Driven Life ' author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California  
 
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:

People ask me, What is the purpose of life?
 
And I respond:
In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
 
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
 
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.
 
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
 
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
 
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness..
  
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
 
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
 
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
 
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for..

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:

If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
 
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
 
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.

Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
 
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
 
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
 
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.
 
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation..
 
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?

Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
 
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
 
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.

Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.

Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
 
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.

Every moment, THANK GOD.
 
Contributed by Hubert Matau (SPS Alumnus)

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Before.............

Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today before you complain about life -
Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children -Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep -
Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job -
Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one MAKER.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face
and thank GOD you're alive and still around.

And before you think of signing out, Please think of sending this to at least ten people.
God Bless You.
Contributed by Fr Benno Kikudo - The Alumni Vice Chairman