Friday, March 13, 2015

Maggie #2

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The Zabbaleen live in the midst of trash (photos & story at  www.dailymail.co.uk). It's their livelihood in Cairo, Egypt. As a Christian minority, they were not allowed to do anything but dirty jobs hundreds of years ago, and now they have known nothing else for generations.

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Using the skills she developed in her profession, "Mama Maggie" started "Stephen's Children" and nearly 90 community centers in the "garbage slums" that serve both Christians and Muslims. She's done this for 20+ years.

Her ministry includes schools and job training, and her message is forgiveness and love.

Remember those 21 Christians beheaded by Islamic State on the beach in Libya recently? According to Dr. Martin Makary who met Maggie Gobran while on a medical mission, seven of them were children from her schools.

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