Chapter 2 - Page 13 - Vision Of Africa

   Jim knew money very well. He had over eight hundred million dollars in the bank. Eight hundred million dollars would feed a lot of hungry people. The continued profits from his company could keep them fed.

   Jim spent most of the day planning his trip to Africa. He contacted the company pilot and set up meetings with his board of directors. He sent his clothes to the dry cleaners and made calls to the US Embassy in Africa. Charged with a new sense of purpose, Jim was eager to get to Nairobi, to learn where to purchase large amounts of groceries and how to get them shipped. Every day that went by meant another day people would go hungry. Many of them would even die.

   Jim had never thought about hungry people in the past, much less cared. Now he couldn’t make things happen fast enough. He knew people were starving to death and he knew he had wasted so much of his life in his lust for money-money that didn’t even bring him happiness. He felt as if it was his fault that there were hungry people in the world.

   He spent the next week meeting with his board of directors and getting his travel arrangements completed. He learned all he could about Africa.

   A week after Jim professed Jesus as his Lord and Savior, he glanced at the Bible lying on his desk and smiled. He’d always thought Christian people were very strange, but now he was acting just like them. He had already read most of the Bible, and planned to finish reading the Bible and to study it thoroughly. He loved the Lord. Jim had never been happier in his life.

   His luggage was packed and loaded in the company limousine. The chauffeur was on alert and waiting for Jim’s call. Jim put his coat on and walked to his office door, then paused. Something had caught his attention.