Missions the need is great

my friend sent this to me its a blog entry from her friend who is a missionary in zambia,

September 12th, 2009
In the last 48 hrs, our newest visitor to Zambia is our intern Abbie’s fiancé, Paul. In this short amount of time he has fixed our water pump, installed an antenna and ran a line for our Zamtel modem and phone (while the Zamtel workers watched in awe), worked on our Land Cruiser, fixed some misc. computer issues, dug up and fixed water connections to get water to all the places in the house we need it and various other things. I am writing this to let you know the value of problem solving Mac Geiver types here on the mission field. Too many times I have heard people down play the gifts that the good Lord has given them. I know of some pretty amazing people who don’t see how amazing the gifts of fixing and building can be to those of us who live in places like Zambia, Africa. We have already been blessed by a good friend, Brian, who built us a kitchen from scratch as well as other things. His biggest impact was when he gave his Bible to a guy named Azzie (Ozzy) who carries it everywhere.
Being a “missionary” or “humanitarian worker” is not dependant on your ability to be a doctor or a preacher or even a good speaker. The people we need most here in Zambia are guys like Paul. I can’t tell you how many missionaries and aid workers here would be so blessed to have someone come and just fix things and build things. Having Paul here is like having a breath of fresh air as you see these things get fixed that you have been needing done and having someone say, “I can do that,” when you mention you have a need. I am so thankful for a guy that is willing to help and has the experience and knowledge to do it right!
Are you a mechanic and all around fix it person? Your gifting is gold to us here on the mission field, why don’t you look at seeing what God can do with it to change lives. It may be time for you to become “A Paul ing!”