BRAD:
GIVING TURNED GLOBAL FOR A GROUP
OF LOCAL CHURCH MISSIONARIES WHO
HAD A HEART TO HELP CHILDREN.
THOSE YOUNGSTERS LOST EVERYTHING
DURING A
RECENT FLOOD.
BRAD:
NEWSCHANNEL 6'S RENETTA DUBOSE
SPOKE WITH THOSE WOMEN.SHE
JOINS
US LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH
THEIR STORY.
RENETTA:
DURING TIMES OF NEED IN AMERICA
WE HAVE SEVERAL RESOURCES THAT
CAN
HELP PUT LIFE BACK TOGETHER. BUT
INTERNATIONALLY, THAT'S NOT
ALWAYS THE CASE. TODAY, WE
WITNESSED HOW A SIMPLY RESOURCE
SUCH AS PILLOW
CASES CAN GO A LONG WAY FOR
PEOPLE IN NEED.
ELIZABETH GIANOUS/BETHEL AME
CHURCH WOMEN'S
MISSIONARY SOCIETY PRESIDENT:
"WE ARE TO GIVE AND THAT'S THE
PROCESS OF BEING CHRISTIAN."
NATS - 1,357 DRESSES
RENETTA: IT WAS ALL CHEERS OF
PRIDE FOR WOMEN MISSIONARIES
ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
ROSEMARIE RHODES-
MILLER/EPISCOPAL PRESIDENT,
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY:
"THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH IS ALL OVER THE
WORLD.AND BECAUSE IT'S ALL
OVER THE WORLD WE ARE COMMITTED
TO
HELPING OUR MEMBERS WHERE EVER
THEY ARE."
RENETTA:ONE BY ONE MEMBERS
REPRESENTING EPISCOPAL
CONFERENCES ACROSS THE STATE
ANNOUNCE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO A
GLOBAL MISSION; HAND-MADE
CLOTHES FOR CHILDREN IN
AFRICA.ALL OF THEM
HAND MADE WITH LOVE FOR A
DESPERATE INTERNATIONAL NEED.
REV. CAROLYN BRAILSFORD/20TH
EPISCOPAL DISTRICT SUPERVISOR:
"WE HAVE SUMMER, SPRING, WINTER
AND FALL.BUT THEY HAVE RAINY
AND
DRY.RAINY SEASON MEANS THERE
IS AN ABUNDANCE OF RAIN AND
THEREFORE
FLOODING IS TYPICAL. IN APRIL OF
THIS YEAR, THERE WAS FLOODING IN
BOTH ZIMBABWE
AND NORTH MALAWI."
RENETTA:THOSE AFRICAN CHILDREN
CAN EXPECT A BIG SURPRISE IN THE
AND NORTH MALAWI."
RENETTA:THOSE AFRICAN CHILDREN
CAN EXPECT A BIG SURPRISE IN THE
MAIL.THE MISSIONARIES MADE
NEARLY 4,000 CLOTHES FROM PILLOW
CASES.
ELIZABETH GIANOUS/BETHEL AME
CHURCH WOMEN'S
MISSIONARY SOCIETY PRESIDENT:
"WE HAVE DRESSES, BUT WE ALSO
HAVE OUTFITS FOR YOUNG
BOYS.AND WE
HAVE DOLLS THAT WE MADE FOR
THEM."
NATS
RENETTA:GENEROUSLY MADE AND
WARMLY RECEIVED.THE NEW
THREADS WILL GO A LONG WAY FOR
AFRICANS WHO LOST EVERYTHING.
REV. CAROLYN BRAILSFORD/20TH
EPISCOPAL DISTRICT SUPERVISOR:
"MOST NEEDED BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO
MANY PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING
IN MALAWI, SO MANY WHO LOST
EVERYTHING IN ZIMBABWE.THESE
DRESSES ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT."
RENETTA:
THE WEEKLONG CONFERENCE WAS
HOSTED BY BETHEL AME CHURCH IN
AUGUSTA.THE BOXES WILL BE
MAILED TO AFRICA TODAY.
JENNIE:
