Talkingdrums
In rhythm with Bill and Sonia Shaw, partnering with
Africa since 1985
Current assignment: DR Congo, city: Lubumbashi
In this
September 2012 issue:
There I was, on my perch atop what is called a long
drop, the choo, "les toilettes seches" in French, chairing a one-man business
meeting. Out of the the shadowy dark, I heard this crunching noise....To get
the rest of the story,
use this link to go
to our website and read who was crunching and what was being crunched...
Speaking of
crunching... We are
officially in crunch time with our work budget. In order to return to the
Congo at the end of this year, we need another $825 in monthly support. Are you
ready to make a difference and stand with us? If one out of every twenty people receiving this email
committed to giving only $10 per month (33 cents a day) we would have our budget
raised. Click this link to our
convenient support commitment webpage. From there you can set up an automatic
deduct from your bank account or choose another means of following through with
your partnership with us. In a few minutes of time and for the price of a
TootsieRoll® pop a day, you can bask in the knowledge that you are helping to
turn the tide in a part of the world where life mocks the very idea of justice.
You can help us make the connection between the 500 students currently enrolled
in pastoral training throughout the network of schools in the Congo and that
very precious commodity called "hope." Join with us and remind these men and
women they are not forgotten. And you don't need that TootsieRoll® pop
anyway!
Engage- On our website
home page we mentioned the launching of Engage, Congo. WOW! An opportunity for
American high school grads to live with us, take up to two years of college
courses online with a 50% tuition break, learn a language (French or Swahili),
follow a personal program of spiritual disciplines, and work with a ministry
team to develop their own skills in cross-cultural settings. Oh, to be young
again!
Follow this link to our
Engage Congo webpage to learn more.
Sonia and
I need you to help us spread the word. If you know any young people
who want to
engage their world and learn who they really are and
more importantly, who they can become, pass this
information on to them and have them contact us to get the ball
rolling.
Speed The Light
follow-up- last time we chatted I
mentioned our need for youth groups and others who would help us purchase our
Toyota double cabin pick up truck for our work in the DR Congo. Several
have responded during the summer and our estimated need to complete the $35,000
currently sits at $22,000. A major thank you to those of you who answered "YES"
to our call for help.
Sonia and I would like to thank you for your interest in
our work and your continuing support. We have only three months remaining in
the USA before returning to Africa, so you can pray that we conclude all we need
to finish (our MA degrees, the fund-raising, and all those life details involved
with leaving our home and families in Washington). It is quite the "to-do" list, believe
me!
Godspeed!
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