Archive for December, 2009
Together at Christmas
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Annalise Udall Romoser.
LWR’s Public Policy and Advocacy Director, Annalise posing with Sandra (Carmelo and Rosi’s daughter). They’re holding a poster meant to draw attention to Carmelo’s plight. More from LWR’s Vice President for External Relations, Lisa Bonds, traveling in Colombia. In the Baumgartner family, my birth family, Christmas is a time to be together. For years, no [...]
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Night of Candles
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
LWR’s Vice President for External Relations, Lisa Bonds, shares this post with us from Colombia, where she is currently traveling. In the photo, children of Gambote show the difference between the water when it has been treated and when it hasn’t. The community we visited today, Gambote, is less than an hour’s drive from the [...]
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Herbert Frederick Brokering (1926—2009)
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Lutheran World Relief.
Social media give us the opportunity for immediate responses to events. This memorial reflection for my friend Herb, like birth, isn’t as instant as everyone might like—(especially as my colleagues on the crack communication team at LWR deserve). I sometimes work according to a more old-fashioned rhythm, needing room for a reflection to reverberate. Herb’s [...]
