Poor witness

[Questioner]

I wonder why not poor witness get money help of rich witness. In africa the poor have not food every day, and not bed, they sleep on floor ad litle animals go on they in night. And they preach very much. So they shoud get help from rich witness that use enormous money on holidays and things. It look like Jesus think about poor people when he was on earth.

 

 ⁴  But Judas Is·carʹi·ot,+ one of his disciples, who was about to betray him, said: ⁵  “Why was this perfumed oil not sold for 300 de·narʹi·i* and given to the poor?”⁶  He said this, though, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief and had the money box and used to steal the money put in it. ⁷  Then Jesus said: “Let her alone, so that she may keep this observance in view of the day of my burial.+ ⁸  For you always have the poor with you,+ but you will not always have me.”+

[Questioner]

and many witness in rich places are so fat that they look not good.

[Questioner]

if you not sick fat, but fat because of greed, then you can calculate and see how greed you are http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm

[Questioner]

and this poor witness give to money to rich witness, they go to congregation and give the money to the rich fat one.

[Questioner]

most poor people have 365 usd in year. and rich people use 5000 usd in a 14 day holiday.

[Questioner]

 

³³  For Jehovah is listening to the poor,+And he will not despise his captive people.+

 

 ⁷  The One securing justice for those defrauded,The One giving bread to the hungry.Jehovah is releasing the prisoners.

 

61The spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me,Because Jehovah anointed me to declare good news to the meek.He sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,To proclaim liberty to the captivesAnd the wide opening of the eyes to the prisoners,

 

¹⁸  “Jehovah’s spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor. He sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the crushed ones away free,

 

 

[JW Insider]

My job allowed a lot of international travel. I retired, but still get called back as a consultant once in a while. Also, something we, as a family, enjoyed doing for many years now, is stopping in to visit a local congregation on every vacation.  Hawaii, Costa Rica, Belize, Mazatlan, Oaxaca, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, etc, we look up some local congregation or Witnesses, and we know that a donation here goes a lot further than back home. (If you give $100 in some places it's like giving $2,000 in the USA.) Not everywhere is so poor, but we are going to Milan, Italy in a few weeks (in May) and it adds an interesting dimension to any visit to take some time away from the beaten tourists paths. It's amazing how quickly the roads from the coastal resorts turn to poverty just a few miles inland. So it also provides a perspective that no vacationer should miss.