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OUR World: Broken and Beautiful

African Women's Leadership Training - in partnership with Grace Church and ALARM (African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries).. These women are leaders in the communities and churches .  They are participating in a 3 year leadership program.  They will graduate in the summer of 2018. (Rwanda, Africa) www.AfricanWomensLeadershipTraining.org

 I am undone by the stories of these women.  Their perseverance and strength amazes me.  They may live thousands of miles away in what we see as a remote pat of the world. However, we must realize that we share this world.  We must open our eyes and hearts to OUR world. 

We must be willing to look around. 

Take a look and you'll see some of the broken places of OUR world.  It's heart wrenching. 

Yet, there is beauty as we look through windows bursting open with hope in some of the most difficult places.  

I invite you to join me as I link arms with ALARM -- an organization who leads and serves in Africa.  Here is a short video of just one of the ways ALARM is helping women find hope and healing. 

Take 2 minutes right now -- to watch this video.




Not sure how to feel or what to do?  Pray for these women.  And pray for the hundreds of thousands of other women in OUR world who are being harmed by the hands of others.  And pray, asking God what He would have you do.

Together, we can make a difference in OUR world.

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