girltheology

Today the Pre-Events for the 9th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches finished.

I mostly attended the Youth Pre-Event as I noted in a previous post, but this morning I went to an excellent session in the pre-assembly event for Indigenous People. I expected there to be many Indigenous People from all over the world, and was shocked that there were less than 40 people in the room, with only a handful of us sent as delegates. We did some great work that I will post on here as soon as it's been approved by the WCC. In the meantime, and as a result of both pre-events, here are the prayer concerns I have to pass on to all of you:

-The Aboriginees in Australia who are suffering persecution under the Australian Government. Specifically around aboriginal rights, history and infrastructure. The government is engaged in a systematic endeavour to erase the history of genocide and oppression of Indigenous Peoples in Australia.

-All of the gay and lesbian leaders of the church and government in Cameroon who had their names published in the national newspaper so they could be shunned by society as abominations. Some have been forced to emigrate from the country.

-The people of Kiribati who are losing their islands due to the rising sea levels (a result of globalization and the melting of the polar ice caps). The highest point on any island in Kiribati is 3m. The sea has already risen 1m, and some of their grave are now under water.

-AIDS among young people in the Carribean.

-The journalists in the Phillipines who are being assassinated because they are considered "enemies of the state."


On that happy note, I'm off to explore the city on my only afternoon off out of the two weeks I'm here.

Blessings.