Archive for December, 2009
Going the Extra Mile for the Sake of the Last Mile
Posted on 30. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
From left to right in the photograph: Dezman, Fran, Debbie, Fred and James. A common description of where LWR works is the “last mile.” This mission sounds geographical, but it’s more; it refers to our focus on people whose reality is marginalization. Sometimes they’re experiencing oppression. Often, they’re living in isolation, and invariably these survivors [...]
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Boxing Day Returns
Posted on 27. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
This morning, the day after Christmas, as I boiled water for breakfast oatmeal, the Wall Street Journal arrived with a page one article mentioning a Victorian tradition I grew up with called Boxing Day. My Canadian mother and my Jamaican father, and millions throughout the former British Commonwealth, set aside the day after Christmas to [...]
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Merry Christmas from Lutheran World Relief
Posted on 25. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
Merry Christmas from Lutheran World Relief “Such good food, and so much!” remarked a recent dinner guest. But what was most remarkable was only the first course of salads had been served. The line of reasoning for this blog entry is likely pretty obvious: “… and may there be a goodly share on every table [...]
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Stories from Gumutindo
Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
LWR Fair Trade Coordinator Kattie Somerfeld recently traveled to Uganda to visit the farmers of the Gumutindo Coffee Growers’ Federation and learn about how LWR works to help farmers improve crops and increase income. Thanks, Kattie for sharing your thoughts with us! I visited Uganda to see the work LWR does with the farmers of [...]
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"Just a farmer that liked to work"
Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
More from Lisa Bonds in Colombia “He was just a farmer that liked to work.” Albertina Bahena, this entry is for you and for the memory of your father. I joined my Lutheran World Relief colleagues and Rosario Montoya, the Director of Fundacion Infancia Feliz, in a visit to the “Finca la Alemania,” the German [...]
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What would YOU do?
Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
More from Lisa Bonds in Colombia Mother, Maria Doris Gallego, 46; and Daughter, Anna Maria Hernandez, 24 (with some of the children from the congregation of Pastor Gonzalez). What would you REALLY be willing to do for your congregation? Can you imagine being displaced and being “forced” to live with your entire congregation? Let me [...]
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New Hope, Indeed.
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
more from Lisa Bonds in Colombia What do you do when a 12-year-old displaced person gives you her house? In my travels to visit Lutheran World Relief projects, partners and the people we serve around the world, I have received many incredible gifts. Each time we leave a community, it seems like we leave with [...]
