The SPIRE Autumn-Winter 2013 | Page 7

His photos inspire. But there’s nothing quite like hearing Paul talk about his own experiences. On Tuesday, November 12, Paul will give a presentation of his recent travels at a free dinner hosted by Westwood UMC. Don’t miss it! The event starts at 6:30 p.m. To RSVP, please contact the church office at [email protected] Amanda Williamson is a professional journalist and a member of Westwood UMC’s Mission Team Clockwise from top: Women sell rice and other basic foods in Les Palmes, southern Haiti; Displaced families receive sorghum during a food distribution by the United Nations World Food Program in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region of Sudan; Cisse Al-Husseini, age 9, eats the remaining porridge from a pot in Timbuktu, a city in northern Mali; The family mentioned in the article: Souad Kasem Issa and her husband Ziad Hasan Noaman, along with five of their six children, share a meal in the apartment where they live in Amman, Jordan; Early in the morning, a boy runs amid the tents in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, located near Mafraq, Jordan; A woman sells mangoes in the market in Sonougouba, Mali. 7