Over the weekend, I made a phone call at 4 a.m. Cebu time/2 p.m. Minnesota time to a bike shop in Roseville, Minnesota.  When the connection went through, right away I heard lots of people talking and laughing and the hum of bike trainers in the background.  A bunch of people with various connections to CSC were at a Habitat for Humanity event called Ride For Cebu (http://habitathomescebu.wordpress.com/) to raise money for the purpose of helping CSC workers get better housing. 

The phone was passed around so I could talk to some of the riders.  I talked to a couple of employees of CSC, an adopted CSC child, two supporters of CSC, an adoptive parent and an employee of the bike shop.  There were a lot of other people there whom I did not speak with. 

The verses in I John 3:16-18 say, "This is how we know what love is:  Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.  If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?  Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."

All of the people who showed up at the bike shop care about CSC.  They were there living out God's love through their actions by participating in the trainer ride.  Tears came to my eyes as I sat in my apartment half way around the world in Cebu in the middle of the night.