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You are invited to help the SIFAT staff celebrate our cofounders Ken and Sarah Corson’s 50th wedding anniversary at an informal cookout on August 16 at 10 a.m. Since leaving directly from their honeymoon to serve in Cuba, their marriage has been a legacy to missions, with almost 30 of their 50 years together given to SIFAT.
We would like to put together a scrapbook for Ken and Sarah with meaningful photographs and stories. Please bring your photo and/or story to include in this very special tribute to their marriage. If you cannot attend, please send your contribution to include in the scrapbook. Remember to include your names and when the photo was taken.
Ken and Sarah ask that anyone wanting to give a gift in their honor send it to SIFAT for the Sarah Trust Fund.
We hope you’ll join us at the lodge on SIFAT’s campus at 10.a.m. sharp for a special program, lunch and a wonderful time of celebrating their lives together. Please RSVP by August 1 by calling the SIFAT office (256.396.2015) or by e-mailing Marie (lanierm@sifat.org).
International Aid’s Lab in a Suitcase training will be held on SIFAT’s campus August 10-12, 2008. Imagine you are in a jungle area with no electricity. The nearest medical lab is days away. You need to make a diagnosis to determine which life-saving medicines to give… Learn how to use International Aid’s convenient, portable medical lab specially designed for remote areas.
Who: This training is designed for health care personnel who do not have extensive laboratory training backgrounds What: Lab in a Suitcase training. When: August 10-12, 2008 Where: SIFAT’s international campus, Lineville, AL More info: www.sifat.org/workshop.html or contact Kathy Bryson, brysonk@sifat.org Today, three groups came to SIFAT to tour our campus and learn how we “share God’s love in practical ways” from Alabama. If your group is interested in coming for a tour, contact Haley Lewis, lewish@sifat.org. Tours are available on Thursdays throughout the year. Our eight Learn & Serve counselors will begin training on Monday. Please pray for their safe travel as they arrive throughout the weekend and for their stamina as they prepare for the next nine weeks of camp. Are you still interested in registering for L&S? Limited space if available. Visit www.sifat.org/learnandserve for more information about L&S 2008: 360. The Field Course Study begins next Wednesday, May 28. Many participants will begin arriving Tuesday afternoon for orientation. For more information about this 10-day training, visit www.sifat.org/fieldstudy.html. Are you interested in learning practical skills to address hunger and malnutrition in the developing world? SIFAT is partnering with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Sparkman Center for Global Health to offer a 10-day field study course on SIFAT’s international campus near Lineville, Ala. To get the latest information about this year’s first course, please visit our Field Course Study page. You can contact Kathy Bryson (brysonk@sifat.org), international training director, if you have questions or would like information on how to register. SIFAT is partnering with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Sparkman Center for Global Health (www.sparkmancenter.org) to offer periodic seminars/workshops combining the best in academic research with appropriate technologies in a community development context to address basic human needs essential to good health. This two-week intensive program will cover food and nutrition and related issues and is a field experience component of the |
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