Love Mercy

This article in the  New York Times  explains how researchers and economists are realizing that women hold the key to economic development. Women care for the children that will be tomorrow's leaders. Women have the burden of providing food for their families when there is none. Women feel compassion and mercy towards others who are suffering. It is because of these facts that the Love Mercy Foundation has been targeting women in rebuilding villages that were ravaged by war. It is truly inspiring to see the difference that women around the world can make when unified in spirit and cause. One example of this can be seen the Colour Sisterhood that operates from Hillsong Church. They are supporting an organisation that also works in Uganda, and with the support of thousands of women in the developed world, women who are blessed with plenty are able to give to women in Northern Uganda. One such project has seen the transformation of a place of darkness into a place of light. When t

Uganda will seep into your bones, it will change you, regardless of whether you want it to or not. It's been almost 3 months since our trip to Uganda.  Three months on, I still have vivid images of what we saw there. It's like along the way I took mental images of what moved me the most. Not surprising... It was my prayer before I left, that I would go and I would be moved beyond my own emotions, that I would see it as God does.  I can still hear the beautiful women from baa, singing for us in their church, this, our gift for running the cents for seeds program with them. As they sing I can still see the faces of the ones that bare the scars of the horrible atrocities that were carried out on them during the war. I only just learned of the terrible massacre that happened in that village just 5 years ago, when the LRA stormed into their homes and caused unimaginable pain and bloodshed. Peace has returned, but the scars remain. What amazes me most about  these women is their g

The Love Mercy Foundation is passionate about justice, equality, and especially simple solutions that have life changing effects in the developing world.On our first trip to Uganda in November, the team got to experience these things first hand.    Africa is unlike anyplace I have ever seen before. In some ways, it was exactly as   we expected. There are women who carry things on their heads, kids who smile real big and point and laugh at the pale people, and lots of music and dancing. In other ways it was totally unexpected and nothing could have prepared us for what we would see or do. The media tends to portray Africa as a dark, scary and hopeless place, filled with fear, crime, depressing images of kids with big bellies and no clothes. We did see these types of images with our own eyes, but far from being sad and depressing, We were shocked at the light and hope that radiates from each person. The people are resillient, their lives are often characterised by war, pover