There is something very powerful about gathering missionaries together and hearing stories of what is happening all around Africa. In May we invited ministry leaders from all over the continent to join us in Johannesburg. Our intention was to encourage each other, share resources and make connections. We did all those things but it’s fair to say that hearing stories of changed lives and transformed communities were a real highlight. We heard about how the Dignity Campaign http://www.dignity.org.za is changing the lives of girls and women. In Uganda an initiative to plant millions of trees, equip schools and place orphans in families is bringing transformation in amazing ways. In Mali, market gardens are giving families new hope along with extraordinary stories from Madagascar and Zimbabwe where hundreds are responding to the gospel and bringing changed attitudes to downtrodden communities. It was a powerful time and many expressed an enthusiasm to do the same thing in different regions in the continent so many more workers can benefit and be encouraged.
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