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Time For Change
A Journey of One Million Coins: Bel Air United Methodist Church and the local community launch a campaign to save lives and build an African medical facility. Learn more about what you can do to help.
Jesus calls us to "chabadza."
To the tribes of northern Zimbabwe, the word “chabadza,” from the Shona dialect, describes any and every road.
To Jesus, it meant a road in the Holy Land, on which a battered, broken traveler lay helpless as others passed by.
To our mission group, Chabadza: Healing Hands Across Zimbabwe, it means helping to build a desperately needed medical facility in Munyarari, Zimbabwe.
Chabadza means we are obligated to help.
In Zimbabwe, travelers must, by custom, stop to help anyone along the road who requests it, even if only for a few minutes. This may be to harvest a crop, or clear a field, or to carry a message to someone’s family in another village.
In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus also calls us to chabadza. He reminds us that we cannot leave the sick and the injured by the roadside. Our mission is to answer His call - and that of our brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe.
The odds are against the children.
To make matters worse, the United Nations is predicting chronic food shortages.
While the odds are against the people of Zimbabwe, particularly the children, God is on their side. With the Lord’s help – and yours – Chabadza: Healing Hands Across Zimbabwe will build a preventive medical facility to prevent disease and save precious lives. Find out how you can help.
Matthew 25:40 (NIV)