One Great Hour of Sharing Special Sunday

ACT justly LOVE mercy WALK humbly

Angie Willicore tells this woman’s story to illustrate the terrible stigma of AIDS in Liberia. Angie is a registered nurse for Ganta United Methodist Hospital in Liberia and head of the community-based HIV/AIDS counseling team.

“I want to relax them and get them to talk,” said Angie of her approach for patients such as this young woman. “Talk, talk, talk. Every time, this is how I gain their trust. They then come straight back to me.” With her hand tapping at the door, Angie continues, “See this door? It’s always open, and they know I will talk to them. I’ve even learned how to take blood directly for the HIV test because people don’t want
to leave this room and go to the lab.”

BE THERE AND BE HOPE WITH UMCOR

UMCOR supports Ganta and 16 other United Methodist hospitals in Africa and Asia in their community-based health programs, such as the HIV/AIDS ministry at Ganta Hospital. Committed people like Angie live out God’s command to act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly.

Through comprehensive programs like these that help provide healing and hope for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, UMCOR is there on your behalf providing help to people in distress.

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING

Gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing lay the foundation of all of UMCOR’s work by covering the costs of doing business. This means all gifts designated to specific programs can go 100 percent to those programs because UMCOR’s basic expenses are covered. Please give generously.

To read additional stories on lives changed by your gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing Sunday click here.

Church treasurers: send you One Great Hour of Sharing offering to The United Methodist Center, Attn: Treasurer, PO Box 5002, Cranberry Twp., PA 16066-0002.

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