She’s a working mother.
She wants the best for her six children, her entire family, her friends, Her community. Her country. Our world.
She believes in the power of women.
She believes in the power of prayer.
Lemay Gbowee had a dream. A dream to bring the women of her country together to pray for peace.
Praying for peace sounds easy. Doesn’t it?
For most of us that means, we curl up in our comfortable warm beds, next to our electric lamps, we close our eyes and pray for peace. Peace that our children will get along, that a co-worker will see things our way, that anxiety over a test will pass, or that our Congress will actually agree on something. For Lemay Gbowee, peace meant ending a 14 year war that lured 8 year old boys into a dictator’s army which killed 250,000 people, saw 3/4 of the women of her country raped, and left nearly a third of Liberia homeless.
Prayer.
She began a peaceful protest with prayer. Women saw her bold faith. They joined her. Prayer continued. Until the day their government could no longer ignore them.
It’s a powerful story. One that you can see for yourself this Friday night. Abigail Disney ( grand-niece of Walt Disney) discovered Lemay’s journey and directed this incredible tale of boldness in the movie “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”.
On October 21st, Women’s Foundation of Arkansas has invited Abigail Disney to be the keynote speaker at their annual Power of the Purse luncheon. Later that evening at the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, WFA will host a limited seating screening of “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”. Abigail Disney will be in attendance and has graciously offered to provide Q&A after the viewing.
It will be a dynamic night of women and hope.
I happen to have two tickets to the event. (A waiting list has been started at WFA, if you want to get your name on the list) OR If you would like to grab my two extra tickets, leave a comment below. I will choose a recipient randomly by 6am Central time Thursday morning. (Yes, random picking at a random time because I will be at a conference on the east coast, which I pray ends in time for me to make it back to LR for this event. I want to meet Abigail, I want to see this movie, and I want to see my blog friends in real life)
Of all the events I’ve been asked to a participate in planning / chairing , this has been one of the most rewarding. I asked a few women who I believe embody the same beliefs of Lemay to spread the word. Ladies who want a better world for our children, who believe in the goodness of women, and know the power of prayer. All of them have written amazing blog posts to promote this event and I hope that you will take a moment to stop by and get to know each of their blogs.
Thank you, Sarabeth Jones, Amy Bradley-Hole, Jerusalem Greer, Tonya Oaks Smith, and Savannah Butler for sharing your caring hearts and never failing to move me with the power of your pens….or keystrokes. I admire you all.
xxoo,
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