A Night in Africa

This Saturday come out with friends to share good food and good music at the annual fundraiser for Mission's Outreach.

The Rainbow Noir Danse Projekt is honored to perform an original work entitled "Love."

Choreography: Weléla Mar Kindred

See you soon and can't wait for the good vibes!

Date: March 31, 2012 Saturday
Where: Theatre of the American Church in Paris - 65 Quai D'Orsay 75007 Paris Metro: Alma Marceau, Line 9 Invalides, Line 13

Time: 7:30pm -10:30pm

Special Performances by:

Koro Kagny - West African Djembe
Ahmed Ben Abdallah - Violonist with the Tunisian Symphonic Orchestra - Maghrebian/Orientale music

Dance performances by:
The Rainbow Noir Danse Projekt: Choreography by Weléla Mar Kindred
ACP Youth - Choreography by Rebman

To RSVP, please also contact Deborah First-Quao
07 86 36 00 40
debbie@first-quao.com

PLEASE READ BELOW FOR MORE INFO ON WHERE YOUR FUNDS WILL GO

From July 7-20, 2012 approximately fifteen team members from our congregation will be traveling to Libreville, Gabon and partnering with Envision Culture during our stay in Africa. If you would like more information about this host organization and the country of Gabon, please visit their website:
Envision Culture

a moon and some honey

triumph

so the king died

so the king died & was brought to kala & they buried him there

they washed the chariot at a pool in kala

(where the prostitutes bathed) and the dogs licked up his blood

king

yellow burnt life : silence

no beginning of days

no mother : no father

no end of days

red :: ash

echo

i must lie down where

all the stairs begin

and then the truth has its play

lamb and lion pursue my thoughts

intellect judges the deep selfishness of my body's drug

while waking the echos of my imagination

dogs

the wounds divided into the night

the bloody floor : table : bed: a bitter end

king is dead : an unstatisfied throat of pride

dogs recognized the musical scent of blood

death takes what man keeps

prostitutes

an empty stain beside the pool

where lamb and woman climb into paper forgotten oaths

whispers from soldiers : feathers : brothers / forgotten

the pool : the moon : the birds

no banners for her / no bribe

a.

she bent her body to shape dust and dirt

and her air of immortality

blossomed into a kingdom

a copy of clay and power

the prostitutes made their demands

spade the dirty hand

some confused others took the lead

b.

the king's ghost / lightening laughed

she sang of lust and rage

unbegotten to the new dead age

c.

their souls constituted

a freedom of dried frangrances

a language beaten into their shiva moons

sing me a song : break stones / battle one

(Please play audio + write your hopes on a scroll. Place the scroll into an envelope : go to the sea : barefoot : walk to the mouth : placing your scroll into her wave : smell her scent / remembering what it's like to cry tears) x:w

Notes:

Shiva : in Judaism, Shiva is a ritual meaning

seven days of mourning for the dead.

On day seven, Shiva ends in the morning::

Inspired:

Biblical scroll: First Kings / a murder

Sound:

Camille Yarbrough

Little Sally The Super Sex Star

Iron Pot Cooker

Visual:

Found image

a vessel of oil is sitting on the shelf, and that is all the woman had to give. she had talked about it with him late into the night.

road of mystery

harvest non:chalant papyrus

tender moments of water trickling down

the slopes of the atlas

my heart has room for you

i know that you are coming soon

toronto morning must be near

the candle is burning on the path of uncomprising : bitter/now

follow me there, young but getting too old for this/now

there :: tomorrow you may stand

furrowing into that distant land

for you and i only had that which is past

and like life, you must always make

4. some

3. part of

2. that

remnant

1. last

Happy Birthday to my love Ayan!

abundance : life : beauty : love : sister

happy birthday

x : w

journey of light

Thank God for another year.

11 : 10 : 1975 = 36 years young.

And while I don't focus my thoughts on things that are seen, the eternal love and light of gratitude causes an abundance of love and blessings. For my birhtday, if you would like to send gifts of love and light, please send them to Maria and her family.

We are troubled and oppressed in every way :: but we are able to find a way out. Maria and her family (baby boy 6 months + 11 yr old daughter) living in a phone booth in Bastille, Paris. I gave her one of my coats, took her grocery shopping ( diapers + baby food ect.), then we went to get her prescription filled. She just had a miscarriage. Did all this for 100€ (then gave her 100€). She was so humble, she didn't even want to accept the gifts.

Next :: I want to get her an apartment and put her daughter back in school. But first, I would like to place her in a shelter during this transition. Lord bless them :: no one should be living in poverty. Selah. Thank you family. Jah Bless

Give Love Here