That's Crazy

Last Sunday, I had an interview at Kennesaw United Methodist Church. Part of the application process was to write a 3 page autobiographical statement. This statement was to include significant events in my life that helped to shape my faith, including when I accepted Christ, important people in my faith journey, and significant events in college and in ministry. I love to write and really enjoyed this experience; so much so, it was very hard to limit to 3 pages (Don't tell anybody, but I actually wrote 4 pages.). Since several people were asking to read it and I thought it was too good to leave as a saved document on my computer, I decided to share it with y'all. Enjoy and feel free to post a comment letting me know what you think.

That’s Crazy

If you would have told me a year and a half ago that I would be working for Lexington County as a 911 Dispatcher, I would have told you, “That’s Crazy!” If you would have told me a year and a half ago that I would be considering leaving Lexington, SC, the place I call home, to pursue youth ministry positions throughout the Southeast, I would have told you, “That’s Crazy!” For you see, I love Youth Ministry and for many years have felt God’s call on my life to serve the town of Lexington, most specifically to serve the congregation of Pilgrim Lutheran Church. Lexington has become home, a place of comfort where family and friends reside; however, to limit God’s calling on my life to a certain geographical area, to only use my gifts in the place I feel “comfortable” would go against everything we know of God and the ways He has acted throughout the Scriptures and throughout my life, and that would truly be crazy.

I grew up in Penn Hills, a large suburb of Pittsburgh,PA, relocating to Lexington, SC with my mom in the summer of 2003. My childhood was one that has become normal for so many children across this country. My brother (John) and I were raised by a single mom, getting to see our father on the weekends. For us, this was all we knew, it was normal, and it worked. My mom was the one that dragged John and I to church every Sunday, but it took a middle school crush to make the power of the Gospel come alive in my life.

Liz was one of the few people who attended both my middle school and my church. I remember the day like it was yesterday, when Liz approached me in homeroom and asked if I attended Unity Church and encouraged me to come to youth group. From that point on my life has never been the same; I could not get enough of church! I began begging my mom to come early on Sundays so we could go to Sunday School, cutting my weekends short with my dad so I could go to youth group on Sunday night, and showing up any time the church doors were open. However, the power of the Gospel didn’t invade my life until Confirmation Classes began Spring of that year, when one night at home, after being presented with the truth of the Gospel in class that night, I accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior. To say life was the same after that, now that would be crazy.

In the fall of 1997, I entered my freshman year of High School, though things were a little different with the Penn Hills School District. Due to space restraints, ninth grade was located at the Middle School and in order to “graduate” into the “real” High School, all ninth graders had to write a paper on a potential career they would like to pursue. This even included researching the various colleges, masters programs, and seminaries one would need to attend in order to do this type of work. At this point being very involved in the music and fine arts scene, I tossed around the idea of becoming a band director. Yet once again, it would be crazy to think God wouldn’t speak to me directly and tell me what path He wanted me to pursue for the rest of my life. I remember riding with my dad to his house that Saturday night when God made it clear He wanted me in full-time ministry. We were just about to turn onto my dad’s street when the Lord told me, “Paul, I want you in ministry.” It was at that point that I could see myself doing nothing else; and to think arguing with the Creator of the universe would change anything would be crazy.

Four years later, in the fall of 2001, I began my collegiate career at one of those schools I researched for that career paper, Grove City College (located in north western Pennsylvania). Those four years spent at Grove City were the best years of my life; years in which my faith was deepened and my calling strengthened. While at Grove City I immersed my self in various on and off campus ministries. Books can be written about the ways in which I saw God move in others and more importantly through me while serving in these ministries. I did everything from taking two Inner City Outreach (ICO) trips to Kentucky, to welcoming the freshman classes of 2002 and 2003 while serving on the Orientation Board, and even got to minister to juveniles from across the country at George Junior Republic, “one of the country’s largest, private, nonprofit residential treatment communities for at risk youth”. One of the greatest blessings of my life was getting to witness walls being torn down as several teenage boys who had seen and experienced way more that I ever will in my lifetime, sat in tears as they accepted the unconditional love of Christ. Through these ministries, I experienced the power and love of God in ways I never had before, however it was my time as a leader of an ICO trip to Malawi, Africa Easter break of 2004 that provided me with an experience of God that will never go away.

It was Finals Week 2003. I remember sitting in church listening to the testimony from overseas missionaries, when the Lord told me, “Paul, I want you to lead an ICO trip to Africa”, to which I immediately responded "That’s Crazy”. Not only had I never traversed outside of the Eastern seaboard, let alone out of the country, I had never led a mission trip. How in the world was I going to pull this one off? All I knew was that the Lord had never spoken to me in this way before; it was so strong that I couldn’t shake it. That summer while working for a homebuilder in Lexington, Africa was all I could think about. It was like a bad flea that you just couldn’t shake. To think God couldn’t use me to accomplish this mission was crazy.

I entered my junior year at Grove City knowing that I would be leading a team to Africa that spring. Of all the countries in Africa, Malawi became the destination of choice due to some ministry connections I had through the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. After plastering the campus with signs asking for a co-leader, Heidi, a good friend of mine since freshman year, stepped forward and said she would fill this vacancy. I immediately knew Heidi was called to serve in this role; not only did I need a female, but I was looking for someone who was energetic, fun, incredibly organized, and someone I knew I could work well with; Heidi fit this description to a tee, one could not ask for a better partner. After several introductory meetings and screening interviews, our team of 12 began to take shape. As our team began to bond and gel, we knew God’s hand was upon the trip and us. God provided for us financially, blessing us with well over the $25,000 we needed to travel to Malawi. God provided for us physically, not one of us got sick before, during, or after (ok, I was a little sick when I came home, but nothing too bad) the trip. Finally, God provided for the people of Malawi. Not one single donation bag (or personal suitcase for that matter) was lost or delayed after traveling on 6 different planes and 20,000 miles round trip. Though only there for one week, God used this trip as a springboard for future mission work. Heidi went on to serve the people of Malawi for an entire summer a few years later and one of our team members led another ICO trip Easter Break of 2007. To say God always calls the equipped would be crazy for I now realize God doesn’t always call the equipped, but equips the called. Whenever I doubt the power of God or His ability to care for His people, all I have to do is reflect on that trip.

My career in full/part-time Youth Ministry began in September 2002 during my sophomore year, when the congregation of Fredonia Presbyterian Church asked me to be their Youth Intern. That relationship continued for three incredible years, ended only by my graduation from Grove City College in May of 2005. Originally signing up for the position to get some church experience while earning a little bit of spending money, it wasn’t until my summer internship at Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church in 2004, that I felt God specifically calling me into Youth Ministry. Working day in and day out with two passionate youth directors and traveling to various cities across the Southeast with youth in tow, helped to craft my skills and passion for youth ministry. It was at the end of that summer that I stood in the pulpit of an empty church and said, “I want to go into full-time youth ministry.”

Upon graduation from Grove City College I went back to serve the youth of Saxe Gotha as their intern for a second summer. It was through my three years at Fredonia and my second summer at Saxe Gotha that I realized the key to a successful youth ministry: longevity. After taking a position in Greenville that wasn’t the right fit for me, I came back to my “home-town” of Lexington to serve the congregation of Pilgrim Lutheran Church.

I knew Pilgrim was the place for me from the minute I interviewed with Pastor Rusty Sullivan and the search committee. Not only was it in the town I considered home, it was a growing church not just in numbers, but also in “faith, love, and service”. I was the first ever full-time Director of Youth Ministries at Pilgrim and was soon followed by the first ever Associate Pastor (Pastor of Nurture and Outreach), first ever contemporary service, and the completion of a 3.5 million dollar sanctuary. Pilgrim did in sixth months what it takes most churches years to do and it was exciting to witness and be a part of it. At Pilgrim I was called upon to strengthen an existent ministry while breaking apart the cliques and the spirit of exclusiveness that existed in the High School ministry. After some time working on just that, I began pouring much time and resources into the development of a Middle School ministry. By the time of my departure, over 80% of the middle school students on roster were active members of this ministry.

I loved every minute the Lord blessed me with in serving the congregation of Pilgrim Lutheran Church. I could go on and on talking about the ways God brought this youth group together. About the many ways in which I was blessed and honored to see Him work in the lives of teenagers through various service projects and mission trips. I could mention the joy I felt in planning these trips and preparing the themed messages to deliver while on them. God continues to bless and grow the youth ministry of Pilgrim to this day. To think God would call me away from this church, from a position I loved so much would seem “crazy”, however His ways are not my ways and in June of 2008 I was called to step down from my position as Director of Youth Ministries.

I miss Youth Ministry. I miss the joy I felt going in to work everyday. I miss having an active role in the lives of teenagers and watching them develop a passion for the Scriptures. It took God placing me in the role of a 911 Dispatcher to realize how much I loved my job and that unique calling He has placed on my life. I know God has a bigger plan for me and has already prepared a place in ministry for me. I know, because I’ve been a witness to the ways He has worked through my life in the past.

In his book Crazy Love, Francis Chan describes the “crazy” love God has for us. The God who created the universe, who placed the stars in the sky also knows exactly how many hairs we have on our head and every thought we’re thinking. Chan goes on the write that this love calls for a complete and total surrender and obedience to His will. This “crazy love” calls for the willingness to pursue Him with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength, throwing off whatever hindrances keep us from being fully devoted followers of Christ. Reflecting upon the stories of my life, it’s hard not to notice the many ways in which He has used me, an ordinary person, to accomplish some mighty works for Him; for me to respond in any other way then complete obedience to His call, you would have to say, “That’s Crazy”!


Paul Scheeser
August 2008

Inauguration Day

In many ways I thought today would never come, and it wasn't due to the fact that I thought I would never see an (half) African American president. If asked 2 years ago (the length of this long and grueling Presidential campaign) who Barack Obama was, I would say, "Oh yeah, that junior Senator who had that great speech at the Democratic Convention"; and I think the average American would say the same thing. Unless you hailed from Chicago you probably (and I include myself in this category) had no idea where he stood on any of the issues. I would have never thought in a million years that a man with little experience, from a humble background, very similar to many Americans, would be able to ascend to the political forefront and defeat the Clinton machine for the Democratic nomination. I also never would have imagined a candidate with little experience defeating, in the words of Tom Brokaw, one "groomed for the job".

Though it's been hard for me to accept the reality of today, I can commend the now President Obama for the campaign he led. He truly led a grassroots campaign, involving many people who had no interest in politics in the past. He got young people and minorities (predominately African Americans) to turn out in record numbers, something no other candidate in the past has been able to do. Not to mention the fact that his speeches, though filled with countless unnecessary pauses, are motivational and inspiring. I truly hope he can push aside partisan politics like he has promised, get to work, and continue to inspire those aforementioned Americans, keeping them involved in the political discussion. As a man who loves his country, I too must lay down my differences and get behind him. Though I don't agree with any of his liberal policies, he is now my President and the prosperity of our country depends on his ability to successfully lead us through this time.

In honor of Inauguration Day, you will find all my tweets from that historic day back in November below and those that I posted throughout today. As you can see, it's taken a lot to get me to that point where I can say what I said in the preceding paragraph. Following in the steps of John McCain himself on Election Night, it's time for me to graciously and humbly "concede" and move on. I hope those of you out there like myself can do the same, for our country needs to be united more now than ever before. Just as I followed in the steps of McCain, take a look at my posts below and notice my about face; hopefully, you too can make the change. That word seems to be floating around a lot these days lately, hasn't it?

[Posts are in backwards chronological order]

Today's Posts:
It's strange to think that just 2 years ago if Obama was to walk down the same streets he is now, most of those ppl wouldn't recognize him. - about 6 hours ago from txt

They keep on showing John Kerry at the Inauguration festivities as the saying "always the bridesmaid never the bride" goes through my head. - about 9 hours ago from txt

Well I guess it's official. - about 11 hours ago from txt

Question of the day is: If John McCain won, would there be all this hoopla over the Innauguration? His presidency would have made history 2. - about 14 hours ago from txt

Now that today's finally here, it's not getting any easier to move past that November day when my candidate John McCain lost. - about 16 hours ago from txt


Election Night:

The Dow took another big plunge today making it the biggest post-election day drop in a long time. I wonder why - 7:21 PM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

I think I know why McCain's loss has been so hard for me. I volunteered for him during the primary& had his sign in my yard since January. - 11:09 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

The sociologist (& 24 fan) in me wants to measure the "David Palmer Effect" & it's connection to Obama's success. - 10:41 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

I want to be the first to announce my candicacy for President in 2012. Now to write a couple good speeches so I too can win the race. - 7:41 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

I'm all 4 helping those in need but it should be done by the private sector not by a big govt. High taxes & govt handouts kills this. - 7:24 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

@busterkeaton I loved your last tweet about voting "present". Our media was so in love with Obama no one seemed to raise this important fact. - 7:07 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt in reply to busterkeaton

Since when has Obama been the "reach across the aisles" candidate? He's notoriously known for toting his party line & the liberal end of it. - 2:35 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

I'm definitely not looking forward to the next 4 years but I know some people who are...terrorists around the globe. - 2:25 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

I wonder if the liberal media is still going to drool over every word Obama says when he's president or slander/ruin him like they did Bush? - 2:15 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

In John McCain never has a man been more groomed to be president. - Tom Brokaw:Meet the Press. Why didn't the nation see this? - 2:01 AM Nov 5th, 2008 from txt

When interviewed on CBS, an African American said the reason she supported Obama was because he was black. Isn't that discrimination? - 10:37 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

I couldn't get over how many ppl ran unopposed. I've decided that will never happen again. Write in today...Candidate next election! - 9:46 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

Oh yeah, I'm also going to begin figuring out how much more of my paycheck this new spend happy liberal Congress and President will take. - 8:26 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

About the only good thing about tonight was my mom's leftover stew. I will now enter a period of mourning. - 8:25 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

Though Palin looked like a great choice @ the beginning, Tom Ridge (Hello-PA) or even Romney is starting to look like the better VP choice. - 8:14 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

Crap! Losing Ohio has pretty much sealed the deal. Why PA & OH...Why? - 8:10 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

I know it doesn't matter but I just want to remind everyone that we elected a 1st term sen who has voted "present" on all the hard issues. - 7:50 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

In line to vote and pretty excited! From what I heard @ work all day this line is sooo much shorter. It looks to be only about 30 min max. - 7:07 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

My home state (PA) has let me down once again. - 5:32 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

I'm walking to the polls once again today in the rain. I'm hoping history repeats itself and my actions signal a McCain/Palin victory. - 1:13 PM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

Polls have been wrong before, McCain can win just like the Giants beat the Patriots & David beat Goliath. Happy Election Day...Go Vote! - 2:37 AM Nov 4th, 2008 from txt

Haven't I Ever Told You How Awesome Pittsburgh Is?

The following comes from an e-mail I received today. Even though many miles separate me from this beautiful city, I will always have a love for its people, communities, landscape, culture, and of course the best sports teams in the nation! Some of this I knew, many of it I didn't, however, it just goes to show what a great city Pittsburgh is!

Pittsburgh (and some surrounding areas) was the first city in the world to do a lot of neat things! Here are a few of the most well-known:

~ First Heart, Liver, Kidney Transplant - December 3, 1989. The first simultaneous heart, liver and kidney transplant was done at Presbyterian-University Hospital.

~ The First Internet Emoticon - 1980. The Smiley was the first Internet emoticon, created in 1980 by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Scott Fahlman.

~ First Robotics Institute - 1979. The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. The college is still working on Robots ~~ in fact it is their robots used in the unmanned air crafts that fly over Iraq.

~ First Mr. Yuk Sticker - 1971. Mr. Yuk was created at the Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after research indicated that the skull and crossbones previously used to identify poisons had little meaning to the children of today (for most children it means exciting things like pirates and adventure). Covering 27 counties and 33 percent of Pennsylvania's population, the Pittsburgh Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is the largest such center in the United States

~ First Night World Series Game - 1971. Game 4 of the 1971 World Series was the first night game in Series history. Pittsburgh tied the series in that game with a 4-3 win and went on to win the series, 4 games to 3. This was one of the last big moments in the career of well-loved Pirate, Roberto Clemente. Fourteen and a half months after the 1971 World Series, he died in a plane crash off the coast of his native Puerto Rico as he attempted! to tak e food, clothing and medical supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.

~ First Big Mac - 1967. Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown McDonald's, the Big Mac debuted and was test marketed in three other Pittsburgh-area McDonald's restaurants in 1967...Bellevue and Butler. By 1968 it was a mainstay on McDonald's menus throughout the country and eventually, the world.

~ First Pull-Tab on Cans - 1962. The pull-tab was developed by Alcoa and was first used by Iron City Brewery ! in 1962 For many years, pull-tabs were only used in this area.

~ First Retractable Dome - September 1961. Pittsburgh's Civic Arena boasts the world's first auditorium with a retractable roof. This is still being used although the Hockey team wants to tear it down and build a new building.

~ First U.S. Public Television Station - WQED - April 1, 1954. WQED, operated by the Metropolitan Pittsburgh educational Station, was the first community-sponsored educational television station in America and was also the first to telecast classes to elementary schools (1955).

~ First Polio Vaccine - March 26, 1953. The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas E. Salk, a 38-year-old University of Pittsburgh researcher and professor, and his staff at the University of Pittsburgh.

~ First All-Aluminum Building - ALCOA - August 1953. The first aluminum-faced skyscraper was the Alcoa Buil ding, a 30-story, 410 foot structure ! with th in stamped aluminum panels forming the exterior walls. ! (This building is still being used today.)

~ First Zippo Lighter - 1932. George G. Blaisdell invented the Zippo lighter in 1932 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Although hardly a community "in the surrounding area," you can even find the name of the manufacturing location, either Bradford or Niagara Falls, stamped on the bottom of every Zippo lighter. The name Zippo was chosen by Blaisdell because he liked the sound of the word "zipper" - which was patented around the same time in nearby Meadville, PA.

~ First Bingo Game - early. Hugh J. Ward first came up with the concept of bingo in Pittsburgh and began running the game at carnivals in the early 1920s, taking it nation-wide in 1924. He secured a copyright on the game and wrote a book of Bingo rules in1933.

~ First U.S. Commercial Radio Station - KDKA - November 2, 1 920. Dr. Frank Conrad, assistant chi! ef engi neer of Westinghouse Electric, first constructed a transmitter and installed it in a garage near his home in Wilkinsburg in 1916. The station was licensed as 8XK. At 6 PM. on Nov. 2 , 1920, 8KX became KDKA Radio and began broadcasting at 100 watts from a makeshift shack atop one of the Westinghou se manufacturing buildings in East Pittsburgh. (The station is now KDKA.)

~ The First Gas Station - December, 1913. In 1913, the first automobile service station, built by Gulf Refining Company, opened in Pittsburgh at Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in East Liberty. It was designed by J. H. Giesey.

~ The First Baseball Stadium in the U.S. - 1909. In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York. Forbes Field closed in 1970 when Three Rivers Stadium opened. < st1:place w:st="on">PNC Park is the ne west replacement, opening in 2001.

~ First Motion Picture Theater - 1905. The first theater in the world devoted to the exhibition of motion pictures was the "Nickelodeon," opened by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh.

~ First Banana Split - 1904. The banana split was invented by Dr. David Strickler, a pharmacist, at Strickler's Drug Store in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

~ The First World Series - 1903. The Boston Pilgrims defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three in baseball's first modern World Series in 1903. The Pirates lost the final game 4-3, before a crowd of 7,455 in Boston. Four of the series' games were played in Pittsburgh.

~ First Ferris Wheel - 1892/1893. The first Ferris Wheel, invented by Pittsburgh native and civil engineer, George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896) was in operation at the World's Fair (Columbian Exposition) in Chicago. It was over 264 feet high and was capable of carrying more than 2,000! passengers at a time.

~ Long-Distance Electricity - 1885. Westinghouse Electric developed alternating current, allowing long-distance transmission of electricity for the first time.

~ First Air Brake - 1869. The first practical air brake for railroads was invented by George Westinghouse in the 1860s and patented in 186 9. In the same year he organized the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. With additional automatic features incorporated into its design, the air brake became widely accepted, and the Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 made air brakes compulsory on all American trains.

~ The STEELERS were purchased by Art Rooney Sr. for $2500...they were originally the Canton Bulldogs. They are the first team to win four super bowls, now five after six appearances, and the first team to get in the playoffs as a wild card and go all the way to win the Super Bowl.

~ The Pittsburgh Rens played basketball at the Civic Arena but are no longer in existence.

~ The Rolling Stones came to Pittsburgh first and played at West View Park Danceland. It cost $.50. They were considered too weird and went back to England and came back after the Beatles broke the ice.


Now go have a good day and know where all the great stuff starts!!

I'm in Awe of this Kid!

This is an awesome video that I found on my friend Jeff's (who I met at NYWC Atlanta) blog. Watch it and be amazed.



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The 'Goliaths' in Our Life

The day is finally here. I've been waiting for this Sunday since August and I can't believe it's here. Can you feel the excitement coming through your screen? The more important question, do you know why I'm so excited? Well this Sunday is the much talked about, much speculated about Sunday circled on every Steelers fan's schedule. That's right, this Sunday the Steelers will play the Patriots in what could be a precursor to the AFC Championship game and the Sunday when New England's unbeaten season just might come to an end. I'm not going to speculate much about the outcome, but I will tell you you're in for one great game.

You know what's funny? Many people say every game the Patriots have played this year has been a 'David versus Goliath' match-up. However, over the past two weeks 'Goliath' hasn't appeared as strong as he once did. The fact remains true with the 'Goliaths' in our life, they often pose as insurmountable walls, when in reality they're only a little speed bump on the road of life. You know what's cool? Scripture is filled with accounts of ordinary 'Davids' doing extraordinary things and conquering the 'Goliaths' in their life. Fact: God is not done conquering the 'Goliaths' in the world and promises to do it in your life. No matter how big that problem appears, God's stronger and mightier than the Patriots and has the power to help you conquer it. 'Goliath' isn't invincible. Give it to God and let Him equip you for the battle.

I'm Moving...but only to Twitter

Hello to all those out there in cyberspace! To answer your first question, "Yes, I'm still alive." As for your second question, I can't answer why it's taken me over 5 months to update; maybe it's due to the fact that I've been on some sort of weekend/weeek long trip every month since my last posting. Or maybe I haven't had anything to share...highly unlikely! It has to be the first reason!

Since it often takes time to create a post on blogger and acomplish the original objective of 'Look at the Source', I'm moving...or maybe I should say getting a timeshare. After seeing my brother's Twitter, I decided I needed one, no not because of jealousy, come on now, but because of you, the people. Yes, I'm always putting you first. Plus, it doesn't hurt that it takes less time to post.

So, if you're looking for the Cliffnotes of my life be sure to check out my "right off the show room floor" Twitter.

And for those loyal fans of 'Look at the Source', don't worry I will return home as time allows, or if I feel there's something I just need to share with the whole world and a one sentence summary just won't suffice!

Global Rich List

I don't know about you, but I often find myself comparing my life to those who are financially far better off than I. This only results in coveting; desiring more and more when I have already been blessed with so much. Though in the states my Youth Director salary doesn't rank up there with the corporate moguls of this land, when comparing myself to those around the world I'm actually pretty rich. In fact I'm in the top 5.7% of the world, making me the 342,068,966th richest person in the world. The latter number doesn't appear high by any means until you consider that there are an estimated 6 billion people in the world. Now I always knew in the back of my head that when compared to others around the world I'm pretty rich, especially after I came home from Malawi, Africa, but until I visited Global Rich List I never realized just how well off I am. I encourage you to click on the icon below and see for yourself where you rank.



FYI: A person working for minimum wage ($5.15/hr) for 20 hours a week will earn $5356 dollars a year (way below the US Poverty Line). This puts them in the top 14.31% of the world making them the 858,969,187th richest person in the world! I don't know about you but that's alarming and a call to be more fervent in prayer for and diligent in support of those around the world who are so desperately in need.