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Alfred Waudo (no login)
Posted Apr 7, 2004 10:43 AM
Further to your request about our recent Outreach and evangelism work in Samburu,our main aim during the planning of this mission was evangelism but the social witness such as education and health services have come as a result of community demands. It is very difficult to evangelise to a suffering sick, and ignorant society.
There are many common diseases which make people suffer and die which may need simple treatment to cure them. This led us to start dispensaries at our mission centers. These dispensaries also act as evangelising centers where we preach the word of God to the patients and letting them know that we treat but God cures.
There is a very high degree of illitracy and ignorance in the community which has led us to start Nursery and Primary schools so that the children can grow up into learned and educated people who can read the bible for themselves. They can compete in job opportunities, in trade and commerce and in proper methods of farming. This will create a new culture and pre occupy the people and keep them bussy in productive activities instead of their traditional cattle rustling as a way of life.
Thus social concerns have been planned as a community demand and priorities.
From A .S Waudo. |
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