1. Read "What is the What" by Dave Eggers.
"What Is the What" is an epic novel about the lives of two boys during the Sudanese civil war. For those who think they know about the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan, this novel will be an eye-opener. Eggers has been working on the book for four years now, deeply entrenched in the community of Sudanese refugees in the U.S., and in 2003 went to southern Sudan with a refugee named Valentino Achak Deng. During that trip, Deng was reunited with the family he hadn't seen in 17 years. What Is the What is a book about the lives of these two boys -- one, at seven, too young to know what's happening to his country; the other, at ten, old enough to fight for the rebel army. Through it all, the two boys persevere through one of the most brutal civil wars the world has ever known, finding themselves in one unbelievable, utterly surreal situation after another. Recommended by Sarah McGiverin Pastor, Newsoms United Methodist Charge in Newsoms, VA).
What is the What
2. Support UMCOR's Alternative Christmas List for Sudan:
$37.00 buys six months of school lunches, and $50 helps a Sudanese refugee return home or find safety in a new location.
Sudan School Lunches
Sudan Refugee Assistance
3. Ask five friends to sign a petition asking the President and UN to take immediate action in Darfur.
Democracy in Action New Year's Petition
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. - Luke 2:10
Thursday, December 21, 2006
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