This week we have heard that Lucy has taken in her first two abandoned babies at Hope Community Centre. I smile as I wonder how many will be there when we next visit. Lucy tells us that this has always been at the heart of God's vision for her life. She never expects anything from us but always gives thanks for blessings she receives. I always feel we have received so much more than we have given.
So if anyone asks you, 'Why should we go on helping all these people in Africa and elsewhere?', then tell them about Lucy and the children God has given her to love and nurture.
For the magazine feature about Lucy, we were asked for personal information including her age. 'Don't tell them my age', was her response. So all I can tell you is that when I first met her she was still in her 20s ... Amazing!
About Alex Haxton:
Alex has been Director of Operations at Christian humanitarian agency World Emergency Relief (WER) for the past seven years and before that worked as a consultant to the charity.
His business career was spent in the catering equipment industry for over 20 years before he moved on to Christian ministry which is how he first came to go to Africa.
A few months spent at Roffey Place Christian Centre brought a more radical change than anticipated, and it was there that Alex met a Pastor from Burundi who became a central influence on his life, even to this day.
He has since worked in Christian ministry, which he describes as "a call of God we must not ignore".
It was the work in Burundi and Rwanda, post genocide, which eventually brought Alex into contact with WER as he sought funding for relief and medical work in those countries. He remains heavily involved with humanitarian and development work worldwide through WER.
About World Emergency Relief:
World Emergency Relief is a non-denominational, global fellowship of Christians, working together, and with others, to help people in need. Underlying World Emergency Relief's efforts are God's love for this WORLD He created, the physical, emotional, spiritual, social and economic EMERGENCIES afflicting millions, and the RELIEF we can bring to hurting people, especially children, thanks to God's unending mercy coupled with the generosity of our donors.
