Great Lakes Outreach (GLO)

Burundi Christmas 2013

Fundraising for Great Lakes Outreach (GLO)
£22,842
raised of £25,000 target
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Christmas 2013, 25 December 2013
We work with outstanding local leaders to transform Burundi and beyond.

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A piece of chocolate or a hunk of meat …

 …that’s the ask, the same as last year. It made such a difference we've decided to do it again...

 MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I’m so proud of our guys. Some of them have been offered salaries four times what they currently get; but because of the call of God on their lives, they’ve stayed with us, at great cost to themselves, their spouses and their children. They’ve been used to bring maybe 30,000 people to Jesus this year, let alone all the other fruit of their labours. Their willingness to sacrifice challenges me profoundly.

So when I got the following email from our SU Treasurer, I had to pass it on to you:

Dear Mr Simon,

 We are so grateful to you and GLO for all your help to us and our families at this time of critical poverty for our nation.

Today, you are witness to the fact that the cost of living is killing us. Devaluation of our currency and increasing prices of staple foods mean that we’re thankful if we eat once a day now.

 As a father this Christmas for my four little children, what can I do? Usually it’s the one day of the year when we try to have some meat, maybe a piece of chocolate, buy them some new clothes.

Knowing you understand, hoping you can help, grateful to you whatever happens,

Your brother.”

No pressure on you, I mean it! Many of you have already been so generous over the last year.

This is the situation: we have about two hundred people working with us, average family unit is six, and that’s 1,200 people I’m committed to helping. So if you want to make Christmas day for a family different from every other difficult day of the year, I offer you the chance to contribute.

 Simon Guillebaud

www.greatlakesoutreach.org

www.more-than-conquerors.com

@SimonGuillebaud 

 

 

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About the charity

GLO is a movement of strategic ministries pioneering the transformation of Burundi, one of the hungriest nations in the world. Our partners work in education, sport, business, healthcare and more. Your gift will bring life, peace and hope to thousands of the most vulnerable. Thank you!

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£22,841.13
+ £3,553.66 Gift Aid
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