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    SouledOut is the Middle School Ministry of Woodmen Valley Chapel. We are a "Home Driven Minisistry" in that we want to enable parents to become the primary spiritual influence in their children's lives, rather than the Church. We compare our strategy to a ski map. There are four peaks--Peak 1 are the green runs (beginner), Peak 2 are the blue runs (intermediate), Peak 3 are the black diamond runs (advanced), and Peak 4 are the double diamond runs (expert). Our weekend service is the bunny hill on the green runs. Most people start there, but no one stays there. At the bottom of Peak 1 you have a choice, you can continue to ride the green runs, or you can get on to the next lift which takes you to more challenging and rewarding sections of the mountain.

2008 Swaziland Africa

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    In 2008, Rob Flanigen and I got the opportunity to travel to Swaziland Africa on a scouting trip for Woodmen Valley Chapel and the Third Project. We were there to see first hand how WVC could respond to the AIDS Pandemic in Africa. We traveled with Children's Hope Chest to Swaziland, a small country in Southern Africa, with the highest HIV infection rate in the world (46% of the population is HIV positive). Swaziland is a small country of around 1 million people. However, the country has 130,000 orphans, most due to AIDS. Here are a few of their pictures.
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February 22, 2008

Shocked

Andy Ingram passed on an article for me from Seth Barns, who works for AIM in Swaziland and runs the World Race.  The world racers were in Swaziland while we were there, and they will continue to be there for the next couple of months. 

As soon as I opened his post, I verbally said, "Oh my gosh!"  Steve Carlson, yelled from his desk, "Brian, are you okay?"  And I was okay.  Only, I really wasn't.  This post was a reminder of the true nature of AIDS.  It is the true nature of poverty.  It is a story that truly brings home the tragedy facing the people of Swaziland and all of Africa.  Follow this link to once again have this crisis brought home. 

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