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23 DECEMBER 5, 2008BATON ROUGE, LA
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African Connection
W.
T.
Handy / 6
Hagar’s House / 3
Africana Worship / 8
A fact finding mission to Senegal in...
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VOL.
9, NO.
23 DECEMBER 5, 2008BATON ROUGE, LA
NON-PROFIT
U.
S.
POSTAGE
PAIDBATON
ROUGE,LA
PERMIT#575
527NorthBlvd.
BatonRouge,LA
70802-5700
African Connection
W.
T.
Handy / 6
Hagar’s House / 3
Africana Worship / 8
A fact finding mission to Senegal in
early November turned into a life changing experience for United Methodist
team members from the Louisiana
Annual Conference.
“We learned about the wonderful
things that The United Methodist Church
is already doing in this poverty-stricken
area of Africa.
But we also got a first
hand glimpse of the overwhelming need
that volunteers and staff face every single day,” said Rev.
Dr.
Martha Orphe,
director of Multicultural Ministries for
the conference.
Orphe went to Senegal Nov.
5-17
with Rev.
Connie Thomas, pastor of Mt.
Zion United Methodist Church in New
Orleans and Mae Calvin, a member of
First UMC in Baton Rouge.
Wesley
Belton, a retired professor from
Mississippi, also went with the group
which traveled to Dakar—Senegal’s
Less
