"The Last Post"

To our dear global family, wonderful friends and beloved partners on both sides of the ocean ...

In a few short hours, we will be stepping onto the passenger jet that will take us in the direction of a much awaited reunion with family.

After a few weeks' worth of rest and recovery, we will pack up and be on the move again ... this time in the direction of TEAM's headquarters and beyond, where we keenly anticipate a fabulous reunion with co-workers, supporting and partnering church families and individuals. We look forward to the blessing this will be. It always is.

After heavy, unrelenting but deeply fulfilling engagement on the front lines, it is always gratifying and empowering to be among the people whom we both represent, and work with, together ... in this unique vision of ministry in Zimbabwe to those infected, affected and at risk by HIV/AIDS.

This Blog will no longer continue to function as is. We look forward to the development of a fresh Blog and web page that will reflect this Blog's content and carry its vision in days to come. We will keep you informed, here, of developments in this regard.

From December 31, 2012, my personal E-mail address will no longer be anesupartnership@gmail.com. Please take a moment to adjust your address book to reflect my new contact address as budjackson49@gmail.com. Thank you.

We leave Zimbabwe with light hearts but somewhat weary bodies.

At an emotional and spiritual level, we are deeply grateful and filled with appreciation for being gifted with the role that was entrusted to us in the last few years. We will always be indebted to our friends and co-workers in TEAM Zimbabwe for inviting us to return to Zimbabwe. It happened at a time when our personal journey of faith had brought us to a place where we were compelled to engage in compassionate ministry that balanced commitment to both the theology of conversion and the theology of compassion.

We look to the future with grateful anticipation for what it will reveal. It is comforting to be surrounded by such a powerful phalanx of supporting and partnering church families and individuals who never cease to make the difference in our lives. It is your unrelenting faithfulness in validation, affirmation and encouragement that maintains the positive atmosphere in which the grace of God can be at work.

We're pleased to offer this final contribution from Zimbabwe. It will speak to what has transpired in the closing days of our present tenure here.

Having been with TEAM for over thirty years, we were asked to engage for two years to assist in the development of ANESU.

Today, we leave TEAM Zimbabwe, but still remain with TEAM international.

Please continue to forward gifts and donations toward our ministry as you have done in the past. For any questions about this, you can call TEAM toll free at 1 (800) 343 3144. Just ask to be put through to the financial office for assistance.

May this Christmas season be filled with blessing for you and your family. May we, together, be found in 2013 faithful in that to which He has called us. We look forward, with you to unwrapping what that will be.

Bless you,

Bud

Bud Jackson
Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Facilitator


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