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"December 2011 Up-Date ..."

Hello friends ...

Eight weeks on the road, living out of suitcases and staying in generous people's homes, tends to put a kink in one's best intentions to maintain regular reporting. Our days have been very full ... and very fulfilling.

We're grateful ... so very grateful for the expressions of love we've received from friends along the way.

We've been back at base for a little while now, but we've continued to run hard to care for the many things that have needed attention before we can turn our attention back to Zimbabwe.

I write this from a Motel room in Calgary, after a great meeting with friends in Lethbridge, Alberta this afternoon. I flew in from Abbotsford early this morning, and fly back in the morning. Only one more trip to go once I get back to base ... this time a road trip up and over the snowy Rockies ... before I can finally pause, take a few deep breaths and enjoy family for the brief time we'll have together over the Christmas season.

Mandy's been doing good justice to the kinds of things I can't stand ... like paper work and bookkeeping ... ugh! She does such a great job, and I'm thankful to be able to entrust it all to her.

It's going to be great to stop ... even if for a brief moment or two.

May you and yours be blessed as you give attention to the wonderful dynamics of family and friends this season.

Thanks for remembering us and the rest of the ANESU team as we embark on another year's adventure in Zimbabwe!

I appreciate you.

Bud

Bud Jackson

Project Director

ANESU, Zimbabwe

December Newsletter 2011

"In Celebration of The Children ..."

After a brief but very fulfilling time in North America, Bud and Mandy Jackson ... project directors of ANESU ... will be returning, before the end of the year, to their responsibilities in Zimbabwe .

It's comforting to know that they are not alone in their endeavour, but represent an army of people committed to the vision of ANESU.

This clip is dedicated to the children. A few of them depicted here are sons and daughters of committed pastors and foster home care givers, but the majority are children without one or both parents due to AIDS.

It's comforting to know that many of ANESU's North American partners have come to know the names and stories of many of these children. It's even more comforting to know that ANESU's partners regularly lift these children up before the throne of grace in prayer.

"Reason to Gather Concert"

South Ridge Community Church hosted the "Reason to Gather" tour featuring Sara Groves, Audrey Assad and Jenny and Tyler ... all humble, dedicated servants of God. The concert was both deeply moving and phenomenal on a number of levels.

Much thanks is due Steve Sargent and his band of volunteers for their hard work and dedication in doing wonderful justice to the exercise. The concert was held for the benefit of what God is doing in Zimbabwe through ANESU. Here are a few visuals for the benefit of those who weren't able to attend ... and a wonderful video clip, prepared by Ben Stapley, that was shown. The clip is an eloquent expression of the heart of what God is doing through ANESU and her partners in Zimbabwe.

It is a privilege to be in the forefront of an initiative that began as ANESU in January this year (2011), but was a couple of years in the making through a season of much prayer and deliberation on the part of TEAM leadership in North America and Zimbabwe.

We have only just begun ...

ANESU from Ben Stapley on Vimeo.

ANESU Benefit Concert (October 14, 2011)

If you anywhere near Clinton New Jersey in the middle of October, we'd love to see you at the benefit concert on the 14th at South Ridge Community Church, featuring Sara Groves, Audrey Assad and Jenny & Tyler Clinton.

For more information, please call (908) 735 5252 ...

... or go to http://www.southridgecc.org/services_events/upcoming.htm

Listen here to Steve Sargent, Director of Extend Ministries at South Ridge, speaking from the ANESU base in Zimbabwe as he speaks of what is being planned ...

Bud Jackson

ANESU

Zimbabwe

"September 2011 ANESU status Report"

The first Zimbabwe component of the first year of the outworking of the ANESU vision is coming to a close.

The first North American component of the global strategy is about to begin with our return to Vancouver, and on to attend a benefit concert hosted by South Ridge Community Church in Clinton, New Jersey, and to participate in an itinerary that will introduce us to other vital ministries in the region.

We've arrived at something of a milestone in the forward progress of ANESU, and it is with gratitude to our partners in North America and Zimbabwe that we offer this status report.

Bud Jackson

ANESU

Zimbabwe

September 2011 up date

South Ridge Slide Show

How can a person put into the words what it's like to watch the birth of a strategic church-to-church partnership? How does one articulate the joy of seeing two churches from opposite sides of the globe come together in common cause to demonstrate Christ's compassion to the hurting and wounded ... to people impacted by HIV/AIDS?

It was a joy to receive the team of five from South Ridge Community Church, and to spend an amazing week with them ... seeing them engage relationally, and respond with open hearts to a variety of new things.

In a day and age where so much "help" from the Western world does so much damage to the very people it seeks to help, ANESU is grateful to be able to broker the right kind of connection in the right kind of way with the right kind of partners on both sides of the ocean. The blessing that results flows both ways.

Enjoy this slide show over-view that offers a great visual of the South Ridge team's time with us in Zimbabwe.

Bud Jackson

ANESU

Zimbabwe Slideshow from Ben Stapley on Vimeo.

ANESU Benefit Concert (October 14, 2011)

ANESU is grateful for the partnership we enjoy with the South Ridge Community Church family in Clinton, New Jersey. It's exciting to be engaged with such an authentic ministry, and with vibrant followers of Christ who are reaching out in practical compassion ... just as Jesus did ... to touch lives in community and around the globe.

A Reason to Gather Sara Groves Audrey Assad, Jenny & Tyler CLINTON, NJ October 14, 2011 For more info call: 908-735-5252

Please see http://www.southridgecc.org/services_events/upcoming.htm

Introducing Ben and Rose Stapley ...

We're looking forward to the soon arrival of a small return-team from South Ridge Community Church in New Jersey. Ben and Rose Stapley will be part of that group, and have created this PDF explanation of their focus as they prepare to come.

We ask you to join with us in praying for the financial, emotional and spiritual provision this couple and the rest of their team, Maria, Nathan and Steve, will need as they prepare to be with us in Zimbabwe ... then embark on an historic launch of a strategic partnership with a Zimbabwean church in Rugare.

Ben will be working to capture a multi-media depiction of the reality here. This is a significant challenge in a day and age when so many images from Africa are used manipulatively ... often at the expense of the very ones we seek to help. This is not the case here. We're grateful for Ben's willingness to take on this challenge with genuine sensitivity and technical excellence ... looking forward with much anticipation to being able to share with you the finished product.

Bud Jackson

ANESU

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"Truth or Dare" Youth Conference ...

Dare2serve, ANESU’s most recently added ministry partner in Zimbabwe, has called young people in Zimbabwe to come together for a Truth or Dare conference this month.

The young people who lead Dare2serve believe that there is a generation that is ready to take on the difficult things that other generations before them have not been brave enough to tackle.

The conference will introduce teenagers and young adults to the Zimbabwe they don’t see everyday ... the Zimbabwe that is in desperate need of something real and that is crying out for their brothers and sisters to stand with them through hard times and lend them a hand. The street children, the orphans, the forgotten older generation and the people that are trying to clean up the sunshine city one street corner at a time.

The Truth or Dare conference is going to be structured and broken down into three easy sections. Each morning of the conference will be taken up by carefully focused training sessions. Each afternoon will be spent doing different community outreaches at orphanages and other projects that Dare2serve is involved in. Each evening will feature a special no entrance fee gathering at 7arts Theater.

On the last afternoon of the conference Dare2serve will lead youth in taking part in a huge clean up of the Avondale and Second Street Extension area with Miracle Missions. They will pick up trash, wash down dirty walls and paint some of the walls of some of the buildings in that area.

The conference will run from the night of the 17^th of August and will close with a concert on the night of the 19^th of August.

Dare2serve has embraced a vision to expose the youth of Zimbabwe to God’s compassionate heart. They have determined to introduce Zimbabwean youth to a host of opportunities to serve the community … challenges to Christ-like response that they can take back to their schools and churches.

Please pray for Ron Chifokoyo and his team as they lead this conference. Pray for the young people who will be attending. Pray that many lives will be impacted in a way that will not only bring personal transformation but will result in the transformation of Zimbabwe’s marginalized and disadvantaged people

Bud Jackson

ANESU

truth or dare poster

"A Church to Church Partnership ..."

We are looking forward to a return visit to Zimbabwe by representatives of the South Ridge Community Church.

This church family has responded proactively to a challenge to sensitive, meaningful, and sound participation with ANESU in HIV/AIDS-related ministry. The South Ridge church family is embarking on a relationally driven strategic partnership, together with Hands of Hope, with Hope Valley Assembly in Harare, Zimbabwe.

ANESU exists:

1. To connect global followers of Christ in proactive engagement in Zimbabwe for the good of people infected, affected and at risk by HIV/AIDS
2. To serve as a conduit of blessing, facilitating relationships and enabling meaningful, lasting, and self sustaining change in the lives of hurting people in Zimbabwe
3. To assist partnering churches realize the joy of reaching out in a ministry of compassion to hurting people.

South Ridge Community Church is engaged in all three of the above.

Bud Jackson

ANESU

Zimbabwe

SRCC Trip Blog Piece

"July 2011 Up-Date"

Once again, it's our turn to post a personal update, with gratitude to our ministry partners who continue to stand steadfastly with us in this huge undertaking.

Space does not allow for everything we'd like to communicate on a single post, so we're grateful for the opportunity E-mail and Facebook allows for one-on-one communication.

As you pray and give, we are able to engage. We're seeing exciting things happening here in Zimbabwe, some of which you can read about below.

Bless you.

Bud

July Newsletter 2011

Introducing Dare2Serve ...

It's a privilege to introduce a dynamic Zimbabwean youth initiative that has recently come within the embrace of the ANESU Partnership.

While the Dare2Serve team embraces ministry to orphans and to others affected by HIV/AIDS, they represent ANESU's desire to connect in meaningful life transforming ways with the uninfected but at risk from HIV/AIDS. It is for this reason that Dare2Serve is one of the vehicles presently in place for extending ANESU's ministry of Reach4Life.

Bud Jackson

ANESU Team Leader

Dare2Serve

"Called to Intervene"

Called To Intervene

"Up-date on Chenjerai ..."

Dear friends,

We're delighted to be able to share with you this up-date on the story of Chenjerai.

Bud Jackson

Team Leader

ANESU, Zimbabwe

The first instalment of Chenjerai's story can be found at http://hivaidsafrica.blogspot.com/2010/04/chenjerais-story.html

Chenjerai