anything could be done to improve the situation. However, with the help of generous donors, Reynolds provided a safe place for an ever-growing number of orphaned children. She rescued them from abuse, disease, poverty and starvation. Today, her organisation provides care for thousands of orphaned and abandoned children.
Heather Reynolds draws the inspiration and strength needed to do her work from her Christian faith. She believes that this is her vocation (i.e. what she is called by God to do). She is a modern- day disciple of Jesus Christ.
1. Jesus said that in order to become one of his disciples, you had to experience a metanoia, i.e. completely change your whole outlook on life. What evidence is there that Heather Reynolds experienced a metanoia?
2. Do you think Heather Reynolds deserves to be called ‘a modern-day disciple of Jesus Christ’? Explain your answer.
