In The Beginning...

Debi @walker — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:38:15 -0400

Well, as many may recognize... this is very new to me....
but so has just about everything in the last year!

My husband, David, and I are the new Executive Directors of Walker Study Center, a non-denominational faith-based non-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Southern Oregon. (that's a mouthful) We are transplants from Southern California and came to Oregon after accepting this position last October.

Walker Study Center is a residential facility that will house 22 young men age 18 and above. They will commit to a 10 month program where they will have the opportunity for Discipleship, counseling, family counseling, Biblical Studies, Educational Instruction, Job skills and preparation and much more.

We Believe that "Restoration" is a more favorable word than rehabilitation. It takes more than just 30 days in a crisis center and 12 steps. These men need to be restored to their faith, themselves, their family and to society.

We will be opening the doors to Walker Study Center this Fall... and it's been a long road getting here. A lot of planning, meetings, paperwork, etc... However, it will be so rewarding to see lives changed when all is said and done.

Please keep us in your prayers and thoughts as we seek to open the doors of opportunity to these men, leading them to God and away from the drugs and alcohol that have held them hostage for so many years.

Christian Aid Podcast

Britt Bravo — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:25:46 -0400

Steven Buckley of Christian Aid, "an agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland," emailed me to let me know that they have launched a podcast. I listened to part of a program, Haiti 6-I Say Vaudou, which was a little long, but still interesting. I had never thought about how important it would be to understand the ins and outs of vaudou (voodoo) in order to do HIV prevention work in Haiti. Nancy White recently posted an interesting email that Steven sent to the the KM4Dev mailing list about how Christian Aid developed their podcast, which is worth a read. According to the email, Christian Aid supporters now send emails asking if Christian Aid events will be recorded for the podcast.

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In The Beginning...

Christian Aid Podcast