Marissa

Christian Youth Ambassador
Aged 20, New South Wales

Our trip to World Vision Projects in East Timor was deeply impacting because it exposed me to the need of our nearest neighbours and how we have a responsibility to make a difference through supporting the incredible work that World Vision is doing with local communities.  

This progress is the kind of thing that I love seeing happen and that I want to support and encourage others to get on board with.  As World Vision Christian Ambassador for the 40 Hour Famine I have the unique privilege to share these stories with Australian Christians and show them what a difference World Vision is making in people’s lives. Christians have a responsibility to fight injustice and help the needy and oppressed in the world. Although global poverty is a hugely complicated issue, we need to start where we can.

Our 2011 Youth Ambassadors

Aaron
New South Wales
Ashlee
Queensland
Claire
Victoria
Julia
Western Australia
Will
South Australia
Marissa
Christian Ambassador



Marissa's blog

  • Marissa : A Lifetime Journey

    2011 40HF Christian Ambassador Marissa with students in East TimorI feel very strange writing this – our last ambassador blog! Mixed emotions are flowing out; happiness and joy at what we’ve accomplished, sadness that it’s drawing to a close, massive hope and confidence that we have worked so hard to make a difference! The 40 Hour Famine has been ...

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  • Marissa : Giving More Than We Can Spare

    40 Hour Famine Christian Ambassador MarissaCharity – giving to the poor – is an essential part of Christian morality: in the frightening parable of the sheep and the goats it seems to be the point on which everything turns. Some people nowadays say that charity ought to be unnecessary and that instead of giving to ...

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  • Marissa : Video Blog Day 6

    2011 40 Hour Famine Youth Ambassador MarissaAll of the Youth Ambassadors, including Christian Ambassador Marissa, who visited East Timor in January this year kept video diaries with some of their thoughts on the people and circumstances they encountered there. These videos give you an insight into what their trip to East Timor was all about, and ...

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  • Marissa : So Close, Yet so Far...

    2011 40 Hour Famine Christian Ambassador MarissaWow – the 2011 40 Hour Famine has come and gone! It was a very interesting week and weekend. I have now had my first coffee and chocolate bar in 40 days, and I must say, I don’t think I’ve appreciated either of those things this much in a long ...

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  • Marissa : Hopeless or hopeful?

    2011 40 Hour Famine Christian Ambassador MarissaIn light of recent world events, I’ve been feeling pretty confused and battered. How do I keep up my passion for caring for and serving the poor when it all seems too much? We give to one good cause, fight poverty in one place, like East Timor, and then before ...

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  • Marissa : Video Blog Day 5

    2011 40hf Christian Ambassador MarissaAll of the Youth Ambassadors, including Christian Ambassador Marissa, who visited East Timor in January this year kept video diaries with some of their thoughts on the people and circumstances they encountered there. These videos give you an insight into what their trip to East Timor was all about, and ...

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  • Marissa : Video Blog Day 4

    2011 40HF Christian Ambassador MarissaAll of the Youth Ambassadors who visited East Timor in January this year, as well as Christian Ambassador Marissa, kept video diaries with some of their thoughts on the people and circumstances they encountered there. These videos give you an insight into what their trip to East Timor was all ...

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  • Marissa : Every Tree We Plant, Every Meal We Miss

    Marissa working on an East Timorese farm plot.Now that the 40 Hour Famine is drawing ever-nearer, my stomach continues to crave chocolate and coffee (two things I have given up for 40 days as part of my 2011 Famine experience). I know it’s getting closer because in only 11 days, I will be able to have my ...

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  • Marissa : Video Blog Day 3

    2011 Youth Ambassador MarissaAll of the Youth Ambassadors who visited East Timor in January, as well as Christian Ambassador Marissa this year kept video diaries with some of their thoughts on the people and circumstances they encountered there. These videos give you an insight into what their trip to East Timor was all ...

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  • Marissa : Video Blog Day 2

    2011 40hf Christian Ambassador MarissaAll of the Youth Ambassadors who visited East Timor in January this year, as well as Christian Ambassador Marissa, kept video diaries with some of their thoughts on the people and circumstances they encountered there. These videos give you an insight into what their trip to East Timor was all ...

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