On 20 February, LIA and a legion of dedicated volunteers from Kansas hosted a tremendous dinner to benefit the work of LIA (check out our Facebook page to see an album dedicated to pictures from the dinner).

The purpose of our benefit dinners is quite simple: these events provide everyone an opportunity to simply stop, learn, and see what ministry half-way around the world looks life. We do these events because we want our partners to engage with this ministry in a meaningful, thoughtful and prayerful way, though geographically we are very far removed.

We are pleased to announce that with approximately 200 people in attendance this particular event raised nearly $40,000 for LIA.

It is through the empowered local churches (in Africa) and those who believe in these churches (here) that, community by community, people suffering under endemic poverty throughout the Horn of Africa will experience life in abundance. The success of this benefit dinner is just one example of how a community can join together to serve the world around them. We would love to connect you with our documentary, “This Is My Home” such that you too can share with your local community the work of LIA.

A big ‘thank you’ goes out to our fantastic and dedicated partners in Kansas!

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