Missionworks 2010

Partnership in Action

Your Africa Office

Indianapolis OfficeP.O. Box 1986

Indianapolis, IN 46206-1986

(317) 713-2552

fax: (317) 635-4323

email: sgourdet@dom.disciples.org psanborn@dom.disciples.org

Our Global Partners

EAST AFRICA WEST AFRICA KENYA GHANA

TOGO

CENTRAL AFRICA•ANGOLA

•CONGO (D R C)•CONGO (REPUBLIC OF)

SOUTHERN AFRICA BOTSWANA NAMIBIA LESOTHO SOUTH AFRICA MOZAMBIQUE ZAMBIA SWAZILAND ZIMBABWE

LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT PARTNERSHIP

•Living partnership is not easy

•Should not become an empty slogan

•Means humility, vulnerability, receptivity and patience, willing to share in the lives of other

•Realizing that we “need” others

•A shared discernment of ways in which to do ministry

•Giving and receiving in a spirit of mutual respect; gifts not the same

Partnership meansEmptying some of the excess baggage

Need to initiate a project

Need to control the relationship

Need to dominate

Need to answer the questions before being asked

Need to flaunt the power of the dollar

Filling the empty Bag“I received more that I gave”

Extravagant Hospitality

Spirituality

Attitudes of genuine listening and understanding

Forgiveness

Stories

Joy

Kindness

Culture, customs and ancient knowledge

Balance with God’s creation

Gifts Received

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Democratic Republic of Congo

“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together,” Lilla Watson, an Australian Aboriginal woman

Indianapolis OfficeP.O. Box 1986Indianapolis, IN 46206-1986(317) 713-2552fax: (317) 635-4323email: sgourdet@dom.disciples.org

psanborn@dom.disciples.org

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