| Posted by Gary Brown on Dec 06, 2016 |
 Program November 30:
Visiting Rotarians: Don Buron (Noon) and Marcia Billings (Twilight)
Guests:
50/50: Jay Berger $21 donated to Red Dirt Road. Thanks Jay!
Announcements:
- Board meets Tuesday, Dec 6 at 5PM – looking for new board members.
- Community Service Committee still looking for a few more bell ringers for Dec. 10 at Espresso Bay and Dec. 13 at Horizon Books.
- Membership committee will not be meeting in December.
- Electronic Keyboard available free – ask around at the next meeting to see who made this offer
- Malawi Group – 16 travelers thus far with 2 more potentials
- Big and sad news: Ryan Sterkenburg is relocating to Wisconsin to start a new job on Dec. 1st and to be near family. He will be sorely missed. He will gladly provide any advice needed to the BPFK team. We need a new BPFK leader.
- Annual Holiday Rotary party will be December 13th at the Yacht Club
Guest Speakers:
Kip introduced Sue and John Waechter – Agape Community Transformation (ACT)
ACT began when Sue responded to a letter from a Uganda Family which had asked for help in making a strategic plan for its village. She was the only one to respond from fifty letters sent. She agreed to help with the plan - First project was to acquire a vehicle to serve as an ambulance for the village. Until then, villagers carried a stretcher forty miles to the nearest hospital. 30% of those in need died in route – often, expecting mothers.
ACT’s programs have grown incredibly and have branched into agriculture, music, health promotion, orphan sponsorships, solar energy to power projects and handcrafts. All the programs are designed to be self-sustaining and to sustain the local people. Fifteen churches are involved and Rotary has supported ACT.
ACT Mission: Agape Community Transformation (ACT) is an ecumenical organization of Christians in Muko Sub County, Uganda and the USA witnessing to the good news of the Gospel by seeking to affect the spiritual, physical, economic and societal conditions in our communities. We are a partnership with multiple backgrounds and experiences. ACT exemplifies how Christians in ecumenical fellowship together can grow spiritually and work within God’s plan to restore the Kingdom of God as Christ intended.
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