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The Clarington Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, December 3,1994 13 Theology Student Shares African Experiences At St. Paul's United Church "Mission Sunday" Michelle Down, a student in third year of theological studies, spent four and a half months in the rural village of Sikonga in Tanzania, Africa. She was the guest speaker for the Mission Sunday at St. Paul's United Church Michelle shared with the children the life of children in Tanzania. If their family is wealthy, they are able to attend school but many children simply leam the skills of survival. The boys leam how to find feed for their goats and the girls leam how to carry water in jugs on their heads over great distance. Ms. Down had many experiences that she was able to recount to the Christmas Seals Fight Lung Cancer congregation. Initially she had to cope with the culture shock of being in a rural community that had no electricity, electricity, no running water and none of the conveniences of the life she. is accustomed accustomed to. She also spoke of the struggle struggle in determining the best form of as-, sistance and mission outreach from the affluence of our North American life to the poverty of day to day life in a rural community in Africa. Ms. x Down reminded the congregation that affluence does not mean wisdom and •she learned a great deal about survival and the valuing of wisdom through her experience. After the service the congregation was able to view, photographs and artifacts artifacts that she brought home with her. Michelle Down was guest speaker at St. Paul's United Church for their Mission Sunday. Here she shares some of her experiences of her summer in Tanzania with members of the congregation. Pictured Pictured above are, left to right, Connie Edmunds, Michelle Down, Brian Mclnnes and Helen Mclnnes. A lot has changed since Christmas in the early 1900's. Christmas trees are as apt to come from a factory as a forest; nutcrackers have given way to electronic games in children's stockings. stockings. But one thing that hasn't changed is Christmas Seals. The colourful Seals can still be found on millions of cards and packages packages each year. And they're still the country's leading source of funds for fighting lung disease. The Lung Association has just mailed the 1994 Christmas Seals to some 3.5 million homes in Ontario, including 130,000 homes here in Durham Region. This year's Campaign Campaign aims to raise $5 million province province wide and $185,000 locally for programs to combat asthma, emphysema, emphysema, lung cancer and other forms of lung disease. In Durham Region, Christmas Seals fund Asthma Programs for adults and children, Better Breathing services for older pidults with chronic lung disease, In-school Smoking Cessation Cessation programs for Teens, Asthma Summer Camp, Home visitation and counselling services, and a wide variety variety of educational initiatives throughout Durham Region communities. communities. The Campaign also provides dollars dollars for many areas of lung disease research, including new therapies to increase the survival rates of babies bom with respiratory problems. However, more resources are desperately desperately needed. In recent years, the death rate from lung disease has been increasing dramatically. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, donations have been declining, as more and more potential donors feel squeezed by the recession. "Every dollar counts" says local Lung Association President, Carolyn Greer, "please give whatever you can, because when you don't breathe NOTHING ELSE MATTERS !" If you haven't received a Christmas Christmas Seal package and would like to support the Campaign, please call the Lung Association in Oshawa at 905- 436-1046. Correction An article appearing in last Saturday's Saturday's Clarington Independent concerning concerning the designation of historic buildings stated that David Bennett was the former mayor of Newcastle. In fact, the article should have indicated indicated that "The Hollows," a home at 210 King St. W., in Newcastle, was owned by Major David Bennett. Our apologies for this error. Storm Door Shopping? 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