On April 29 we had our first Crownpoint community meeting to address poverty. Marg from the Hamilton Roundtable helped facilitate this meeting while Hans and I got more anxious about the outcome of this meeting as each day approached - just praying that we wouldn't have felt like we wasted people's time. Well, the meeting has come and gone and what can I say, but God is good. Its not to say that there weren't still some nerves about yesterdays meeting, but God certainly answered our prayers for our community meeting.
More people showed up then we had anticipated! There was a great diveristy in representation [variety of residences, schools, community leaders and agencies - even Larry Dianni snuck in the back part way through (previous mayor of Hamilton)]. The conversation, dialogue and 'energy' in the room when talking about this community, its assets, needs and what to do about it, was full of life and interaction - many people contributed (and probably wanted to stay to continue talking)! AND...one of my worries (along with many others) was that at the end of the meeting, when talking about the 'Next Steps' and who would like to take leadership in and continue to work at addressing these 'realities' of our community, that no one would step up to take it on. Well - if my counting of this list is correct ... 24 people!!!! 24 out of about 31 people who were there want to move this forward (and many were mentioning names of others who should be at the table).
Ha!
Thank you for your prayers, God has shown that He continues to be at work in this community, and He responded to our prayers!
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