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Greetings!
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 The IAFR Report is the e-newsletter of the International Association for Refugees, a non-profit ministry serving refugees with the aim of affirming dignity, inspiring hope, encouraging faith and improving the quality of their lives. Tom Albinson, President |
Help Make a Difference in 2010
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 2010 promises to be a year filled with fresh challenges as IAFR seeks to bring hope to the Refugee Highway. Our plans include: - Researching the lonely crossroads of the Refugee Highway in Malta.
- Pioneering a vision of establishing sister church relationships with churches in refugee camps - starting with a church in Minnesota and a church in a refugee camp in Malawi.
- Activating churches in the USA and EU to welcome and serve refugees in their communities.
- Assisting the Refugee Highway Partnership in planning a May 2010 global consultation in Turkey.
- Establishing an IAFR EU Regional Leader based in France.
- Exploring strategies to help refugees gain meaningful employment in Kenya and Malawi.
Help make a difference in 2010!
We can't do anything without your prayers and financial support. We hope you will consider partnering with us as we join with God in
what he is doing among the forcibly displaced people in our world. The needs and challenges of the Refugee Highway are too big for anyone to confront on their own. But together we can make a difference. |
Remembering Refugees This Christmas
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 Many Christians will celebrate this Christmas in refugee camps in Africa and Asia, refugee detention centers in the EU, and on the streets and under the bridges of world class cities like Cairo, Istanbul, Athens and Rome.
They are in good company. Early in his life, Jesus himself was forced to flee with his parents to Egypt.
Let's remember the world's 42 million refugees this Christmas - and especially our brothers and sisters in Christ.
One way we can do that is by taking the time to include them in our prayers. Families can pray as they light their final advent candle. Churches can pray as they celebrate the departure of Jesus from his heavenly home to dwell among us here on earth. We encourage you to make this prayer your own this Christmas.
Father in heaven, we want to remember the millions of forcibly displaced people in our world this Christmas. They are your handiwork. You know their names and love them with a unrivaled intensity. You know first hand the vulnerability and profound sense of loss that is the experience of a refugee. May they know your presence and love this Christmas.
We pray especially for our brothers and sisters in Christ that are celebrating this day on the Refugee Highway. Let the reality of your advent renew their hope. Graciously breathe new strength and faith into their bodies and souls. Pour out your peace upon their minds and hearts. You hold their lives in your almighty hands. May they find rest and refuge in your presence.
We bring them to you now in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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Thank you for your part in making the IAFR a reality in the past 6
months! We're grateful for every word of encouragement, every prayer on
our behalf and for the generosity of many without which we could not
have made it.
