An exemplary Sunday walk

When Susan Dougall and her daughter, Anna, joined Pastor Carrington, his family, and friends for Sunday afternoon walks through the volatile community of Southside, the only things they gave the residents they met were conversation … and their love. Eventually, people started asking for prayers and ….

Every Sunday afternoon for the last five years, they start out at four o’clock and stroll around, chatting to all the residents for two hours. The children in the area often follow them.

At first, the Dougall women were nervous about going through Rae Town and Tel Aviv.

“I wondered whether they’d resent me and ask why I was there,” says Susan when I interviewed her one morning in her artfully decorated house. She soon realised that her fears were unwarranted.

See what happens at:

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091019/news/news7.html

 What do you think about this initiative? Is this something that needs to be done in other communities? What impact do you this can have on communities and the country?