VIM to ZIM

My conference newsletter had more articles on Zimbabwe in the 4 Jul 2007 issue. Do check them out and get inspired all over again!

“Delegation delivers life-saving nets”
“Local church leaders inspired by ‘Nets’ campaign”
“Pastors’ school builds on Zimbabwe partnership”
“Gospel brings hope to AIDS-ravished community”
“Faith builds new church in Zimbabwe”

Norma

My conference has been helping distribute mosquito netting in Zimbabwe. For more details, see: “UMs pioneer net distribution in Zimbabwe”. The pictures are priceless.
According to my church’s conference member, reporting back from Annual Conference, the Zim women are already figuring out that the more kids they can squeeze under each net, the more impact each […]

A VIM team from the Baltimore-Washington Conference recently went to Zimbabwe. I believe the area they work with is in the northeast section of the country. A story about the trip is on-line:
“Hope at work in Zimbabwe”

My conference’s bishop, Bishop John R. Schol, is calling for a day of prayer on April 18 to lift up to God the nation of Zimbabwe and the ministry of the church in that troubled country.
More details are available in the call to action:
http://www.bwcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=2497
Please join your hearts with mine in praying for Zimbabwe.
Peace,
Norma

Lynn Norman, who was working at Fairfield Children’s Home while we were at Old Mutare and got a ride with us to the airport, is from my conference, Baltimore-Washington. Our conference paper recently had an article on that work as part of our on-going partnership with the Zimbabwe conference: “Zimbabwe partnership trains pastors, helps children”. […]

…is available on the UMNS site, Dec 2006 issue: ‘Dream Dairy’ provides hope to Africa University community
Great publicity for the project, Marsha!

Today was a full, but more restful day. A leisurely breakfast, then a short bus ride to a church in Chikanga, a section of Mutare, started the day. St John’s United Methodist Church was already hopping when we arrived at 8:45 a.m., with a lay man leading a Bible discussion from passages in Genesis […]