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my urbana story, so far…

I went to Urbana in my role with IFES, with jobs to do and people to meet. I went with an uncanny ability to block the sound of God’s voice, to keep me from being distracted from the work I had to do. Slowly I realised this had become a reflex action in many of …

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a modern dream

Came across a brilliant post by The Simple Pastor this morning, looking back at the power of Martin Luther King’s I have a dream speech, and the hunger for a similar “visionary dreamer” for today. It was Martin Luther King’s description of the black community being ‘an island of poverty in an ocean of material …

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hannah’s african quest

My sister, Hannah, has safely arrived in Zambia for her 6 month African Quest with the charity Soapbox. The ministries we are likely to be involved in are “St Anthony’s Children’s Village” (orphan care centre), “Eagles Wings School” and “Lifeline Zambia” (HIV/AIDS home based care project). Our studies will include Basic Christian Doctrine, African Culture …

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