[Faith-Talk] serving and connection

[andrew edgcumbe]

Hi
My name is Andrew for those who don't know me.

I have just had struggle after struggle with  just being able to serve as
part of a church body and stuff like that other then maybe music and stuff
like that.
To me the experience is they don't know what to do with me because of my
blindness and stuff like that.
It is like people have been so hazatant to do anything or to support me or
help me find those opportunities either as part of a church or even
ministry and stuff like that.
The answer I always get is just pray about it while we should do that and i
been doing that all along but faith should be followed up by action to and
stuff like that.


While I don't know other area's speciffically my church is a very small
church so it is limited but I want to find christian ministries who
actually let blind people serve even if it is from home or some other way.

The other area is that i have trouble making connections that really foster
into more then just sunday morning fellowship.
I have tried to find hiking partners and finding other things.
i reached out to couple of the other churches for walking buddies and stuff
like that and just other people whom perhaps i can really make connection
with from a church to do coffee with or do other things with and I don't
know they are afraid of the fact i am blind I don't know what it is.
I just been really looking for answers as to what to do with myself like i
have few people in building i connect with but they have disabilities that
keep them from doing walks with me or  other adventures I would like to be
able to go on and stuff like that.

I struggle making connection through or  church or community  like I said
even a buddy of mine has tried to talk to t others about  others about
walking with me or what not but there is great hazatation and never had any
luck weather it is walking or ki hiking and stuff like that.  or even
people to really connect with.