Central's Zambia team ready to go!

Longmont's Central Presbyterian Church is sending a short term mission team to Chawama, Zambia July 16-29th. Chawama is a compound just outside of the capital city Lusaka.
The team will work with the Presbyterian Church of Chawama, their school and AIDs volunteers as they move towards the possibility of a long term partnership.

This mission team is just one of the ongoing African missions supported by the churches of this Presbytery. Fort Collins First Presbyterian, Yuma 1st Presbyterian and others also are working to help those in poverty or that are hungry. If you know of a mission, and would like to report it here...please contact me or place a comment on this blog post!

Letters make a difference!

Many thanks to folks who wrote letters advocating for Foreign Assistance reform! Our Colorado delegation was able to meet with Congressman Pollis and Congresswoman Markey. We had good meetings with aides for Bennett, Perlmutter and Udall. We even stopped by DeGette's office. Thanks to your letters we were able to make a huge impact!

Because folks like you took the time to write, we were able emphasize to our members of congress the importance of this bill.

At the time of this posting, there are 60 Co-Sponsors of HR 2139 including Colorado Representative Diana DeGette For a complete list of cosponsors, click here.

15 minutes of fame!

Bread for the World has a great monthly podcast that contains great articles and interviews that explain and support advocacy work. While we were in Washington I had the opportunity to meet Monica Mills and thank her for her Legislative Updates. I would encourage you to listen to these fine pieces because they really help explain not only the bills we are working on, but also the other pieces we need to know to be more effective in our efforts.

As I was listening to this months Breadcast I heard Monica mention my name! I'm famous now! The best part of that, is that there were over 300 folks just like me in Washington DC lobbying leading to great success. Thanks to all of you who raised your voices on behalf of those who are hungry.

Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes and listen every month!