“This year, the global theme of World AIDS Day is leadership within the slogan ‘Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.’ World AIDS Day is a day when people from around the world come together within a single effort to raise awareness about HIV and to express global solidarity with people living with HIV. But World AIDS Day is not just about raising awareness. It also provides a global opportunity to urge governments and leaders for all promises on AIDS to be kept as well as an opportunity to demonstrate commitment and action on AIDS.”
As I read the headlines of Worlds AIDS Day I am quickly reminded of my experiences in South Africa these recent years. God first brought the reality of the crisis in Africa to my attention back in 2000 when we visited a cemetery of hundreds of fresh graves for adults and children who had died from the disease. This was the beginning of God’s stirring and burdening my heart for the people of South Africa and the AIDS crisis there. Today I went back and read a blog post from my time in South Africa in 2006. It gave powerful and lasting faces to the AIDS crisis. If you want to read the post click here: http://wheresdavebayne.blogspot.com/2006/03/masibambisane.html
I also have posted some HIV/AIDS web sites on the left side bar of this blog that provide more awareness and education.
June 11, 2023: Proper 5 (10) (Year A)
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