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About Milt

Milton Jones is the President of Christian Relief Fund in Amarillo, Texas. In his work there, he has focused on the care of AIDS orphans in Sub-Sahara Africa. He has also served as a preacher and campus minister in both Texas and Washington. Milton has authored eight books including a touching tale of one of his heroes with Cerebral Palsy, Sundays With Scottie. He is married to Barbie Jones and has two sons, Patrick and Jeremy.

I Won the Lottery

I think that everyone needs to go to a Third World country. In fact, I think that everyone ought to go to a slum in a Third World country. You need to go and see how other people live just … Continue reading

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Enough Enough

When is enough enough? Don’t you feel that way about Haiti? The Haitian earthquake earlier this year was one of the most devastating disasters of recent times. People ask me how Christian Relief Fund got there to help people so … Continue reading

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Double Brothers

“We were hungry, and you fed us.” I’d never had anyone say it that specifically to me before. Emmanuel Kai, the business manager of Ford-Madden Christian Academy, plainly said it. He told the story of Liberians and their children in the midst … Continue reading

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It’s Easier to Build Children Than to Repair Men

I’m looking through orange colored glasses in Liberia today. I have hope. I have hope because of the children. Things are changing politically here. Earlier this week, Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, gave his final testimony at The … Continue reading

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Slavery

I tend to think slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln. Wouldn’t it be nice if that were true? The fact of the matter is that there are more slaves today than any time in history. Today we call it human trafficking, … Continue reading

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Your Devil

I started laughing when I first saw him enter with a group of people. He appeared to be a leftover from Halloween. My first thought, I kid you not, was that someone had entered the store dressed up as a … Continue reading

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In the Name of the Lord–Outside!

“In the Name of the Lord–Outside!” That’s what he yelled. And that’s the way it stayed. Roving around Liberia can be tiring especially when you are in a truck for about eight hours on some of the bumpiest roads on … Continue reading

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Monkey’s Revenge

As I was walking through the streets of Monrovia, Anora David pointed to two monkeys. How can you pass by two monkeys when you are an American in Africa? We crossed the unpaved road, and glared at the two monkeys. … Continue reading

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Graceland

Did anyone ever record a better album than “Graceland”? I’m sitting here in Liberia listening to live music that sounds so much like Paul Simon’s album that it is uncanny. It is mellow. It is exciting. It fills a hot … Continue reading

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Can You See Me?

Sudan is one of the poorest places in the world. They have been in the midst of a civil war. Part of the country is trying to commit genocide against the other. They are divided religiously with all kinds of hostility. Famines are all over the place. Child slavery has been rampant. What’s the solution? Shape their towns so they look like animals from the air. Continue reading

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