A shout out on a Sunday to a family who are walking the talk:
Pastor Murray Smith preaches a message of generosity in his sermons and says people need few material things in order to live happy and fulfilling lives. So Pastor Smith, his wife, Michelle, and their three young children are giving up their $1 million home near Cambridge to help raise funds for their church and build a new community centre for their town.
A minister at the Bridges Church for the past five years, Pastor Smith admits the decision to raffle off their five-bedroom home with two self-contained units and views over Lake Karapiro is slightly “radical”.
But the extreme act of kindness came from the family’s desire to live a simple life … Once they move out of their home next month to the comforts of a rental property somewhere in Cambridge, the Smiths will have few possessions other than their furniture and car – “an old Nissan”. The family have no other homes or investment properties or a financial nest egg to help them out. …
Mrs Smith said their travels overseas had opened their eyes. “When you live in an orphanage in Mozambique or places where you get a bowl of rice a day you start to realise what is important in life,” she said. “We just realised we had all this stuff that we could help other people out with and we decided to do something about it.”
Call to others, note to self, there’s no shortage of issues facing the world, and plenty of scope for walking the talk as this family have…
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