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Once again, I'm off to Zambia, but only for a short visit this time...just two weeks! I'm really excited to be getting the chance to go back and get stuck in again. Whilst I've carried on being involved with Dignity here in Manchester (doing lots of behind the scenes stuff necessary to help keep things ticking over) it's not quite the same as actually going to visit the people I spend time praying for and seeking to help. So, yey...I'm excited!
In the two weeks I'm there I'll be helping out at two Life! conferences, in different areas, run by Dignity. At these conferences we will meet with between 30 and 40 people who want to start a Life! group in their village. (I've put a bit more info below in grey if you want to find out more...)
The changes we have seen in villages where Life! groups have taken places are amazing...unity has grown in previously divided communities, husbands have stopped beating their wives, people have broken free of alcoholism, crime rates have dropped, eldery people and orphans have been cared for...
I would really love to raise enough money to cover the costs of one of these conferences...and if I managed to raise enough for both that would be AMAZING...for just £300 we can feed all the people who come along to one conference and also provide them with the "Rooted in Jesus" books to help them start a discipleship group in their village. In my mind, equipping people to bring hope and change to their own villages really is money well spent!
A fiver, a tenner, a twentier (is that even a word?!)...whatever you want to give...this is a fab way of really helping others to help themselves and making a lasting difference...
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
Jo xx
Dignity (and I!) will be working with people who want to start a Life! discipleship group in their own village. Life! groups are simply groups of people that meet together in a village from different church backgrounds and the wider community. In rural communities there can be a legacy of division and competition, rooted in the deep desire to survive that we all have. Dignity seeks to challenge that at the roots...
Each Life! group has two aims; firstly to learn more about how to serve God individually and together and secondly to find ways of practically living that out by helping people in the community.
The conferences I'll be involved with will help these groups get off the ground and be organised within the two areas, so right from the beginning, the groups will be owned by the local people. We will continue to support them but we will also be encouraging local leaders to step up and take the work forward.
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