About

Welcome! This is where we will be looking through the window of poverty. I’m Sarah Kropf, and I am so happy you are here. If your’e wondering about the unusual title of this blog, I will get to that a little further down this page. But, first, a little about me and my journey.

At 39, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Oh, I grew up going to church every Sunday. We shined our shoes and laid our best clothes out every Saturday evening. You see as child I heard the Word of God each week, but still thought Jesus remained on the cross after His Death. It was years later when I realized that Jesus died for our sins and He is with me every day. He is Alive!! What peace we have once we know Jesus as our eternal Father.

Since then, over the past two decades Ive spent most of my time serving in ministry at churches, city homeless shelter, attended Trinity Bible College for Christian Counseling, and started a non profit after school ministry for inner city youth. It seems God really wired me for serving children in the city. My career started as Children Ministry Director or DRE know to some of the denomination churches. I am from a white, middle class family. Married to my high school sweet heart since 1976. We have three adult children and four grandchildren, whom we love to spend time with all of them.

Why Looking Through the Window of Poverty? On my serving journey, through church hallways, mission fields, staff meetings, and in homes. Ive seen first hand the poverty that erodes and destroys our families. From drugs, and gang riddled neighborhoods. But through all of this, I have also seen children and families come to the Lord through brokeness, in our ministry.

So lets look through the window of poverty, What is poverty? Poverty by definition in the dictionary describes it to be the complete lack of the means necessary to meet basic needs such as food, clothing and inequality of resources. . Poverty and injustice are mentioned more than 2,000 times in the Bible, so I am confident in saying God cares deeply about injustice and poverty. When you look through a window, it makes a home feel bright, warm and welcoming because they let light enter. Glass is transparent (windows) so it lets light shine in. So we as servants need to be transparent(like the widow) so those we serve will only see Jesus in and through us. Nothing should take away from the Light of Jesus.

My hope is this blog to be a resource of support and encouragement for anyone serving day to day frustrations, and joys of serving the inner city or abroad.

So, if you serve in this capacity, you have experienced fear, humility, sadness, anger, frustration, and the pure joy. This is a safe place to let go, to be transparent (like the glass) share all of this and more what God is doing in and through you on a daily basis. You do not need to be serving full time in inner city ministry to take part in this community. Maybe you are called to serve one day or just to support others. Either way, as Christians we are all Christ servants. So share away your glimpses of light through your windowD!!