Hello crew!

Thanks for coming on Friday – the turn-out was huge and your slums were really quite creative!

For those who weren’t there, we ’slummed it up’ (as someone said) to get a better understanding of what it’s like for a large majority of the world and after a few hours of; ‘bad weather’, thieves, boring work and a very bland dinner of rice we came inside and had a great chat about what we can actually do to help. We floated ideas of sponsoring a child, doing operation Christmas Child, volunteering at a soup kitchen, fundraising and all sorts of other fantastic ideas. Keep bugging us about them and let us know which ones you really want to do.

“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners.”
-Isaiah 61:1

Click for: The story of the rich young ruler (Message Version)

Click on the pictures for a closer look!

What is a slum?

A slum is a district of a city or town which is usually inhabited by the very poor or socially disadvantaged. Slums can be found in most large cities around the world.

Click these links to see some slums:

Slum 1

Slum 2

Slum in Brazil

Slum in India

Slum in Thailand

How can you help?

Make Poverty History

TEAR Australia

World Vision Australia

Pray!

Serve!

Give!

Go!

And if you’ve got any more stories about any of this stuff or what you’ve been thinking about since Friday, we’d love to hear them!