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My Changing Attitudes About Poverty, Immigration, Healthcare, etc.

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Poverty, Healthcare, and Immigration

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I have been a conservative Republican most of my adult life (I still self-identify as such). It seems to me that would normally tend to influence me towards a “stay in your own country, solve your own problems” stance in regards to those who live in other countries.

Recently, I’ve begun to ask myself when my perspective on poverty, immigration, healthcare, etc. began to change. Here are the somewhat disorganized responses which have occurred to me.

My perspective on poverty, immigration, healthcare, etc. began to change:

  1. When I lived in a third world country in West Africa and saw widespread, deep poverty (yes, there is poverty in the United States — I live in an area of the US with a very large homeless population, so I see it firsthand almost every day — but I don’t believe it is as widespread or as desperate as the poverty I saw overseas).
  2. When I began to see people living in other countries (like the third world country where I lived) as real people with the same needs, struggles, joys, etc. as myself and not just as statistics.
  3. When I began to question why I had a right to things like healthy food, clean water, basic healthcare, etc. but my friends from the third world country did not have a right to those things, simply because of where they lived. At the most basic level, we are all humans, created and loved by the same God.
  4. When I decided to start not just giving money to the homeless person on the street but to buy him/her a meal and ask about his/her background, his/her motivations, his/her fears, etc. — to actually engage people in conversation.
  5. When I began to appreciate more deeply the ramifications of what the Bible says when it tells me that my citizenship is in heaven (and not primarily in the country where I physically reside)

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My name is Frank Johnson. I am a follower of Jesus. My wife Bobbetta and I have been joyfully married for 26 years and have a 23-year-old daughter Emily. We live in a beautiful area bordered on one side by a gorgeous mountain range and on the other side by the Pacific Ocean. I believe I am the fulfillment of my grandmother's prayers.

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Frank JohnsonWelcome! I'm so happy you've chosen to visit my site! My name is Frank Johnson. I am a follower of Jesus.

My wife Bobbetta and I have been joyfully married for 26 years and have a 23-year-old daughter Emily. We live in a beautiful area bordered on one side by a gorgeous mountain range and on the other side by the Pacific Ocean.

Before I was born, my grandmother (who I never met) prayed for years that her sons would be missionaries and would take the news of Jesus' love to far off lands. While none of her sons became the answer to her prayers in this regard, in biblical terms, I was in the loins of my father* when she prayed, and I believe that through the mercies of Christ and at least partially through this website, I have the opportunity to be the fulfillment of that God-given desire in her heart.

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