117. Faith in Action — Fiona Givens and Britta Ellwanger
Faith Matters
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🗓️ 5 June 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, this is Patrick Mason. |
| 0:03.6 | Last year's Restore Gathering was one of the highlights of my year, and this year's |
| 0:07.4 | gathering is going to be even bigger and better. |
| 0:10.2 | In addition to the fantastic lineup of speakers, there will be amazing art, and we promise |
| 0:14.8 | the music will be better than your word choir. |
| 0:17.6 | So come join us at Restore on October 13th and 14th at the Mountain America Expo Center |
| 0:22.0 | in Sandy, Utah. |
| 0:23.6 | For tickets, go to faithmatters.org slash restore, and see you there. |
| 0:28.8 | Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. |
| 0:31.4 | For today's conversation, we spoke with Fiona Gibbons and Brita Elvonger about a remarkable |
| 0:35.1 | journey to Ukraine that they just returned from. |
| 0:37.5 | When Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, Fiona felt an inspired pull on her heart to |
| 0:41.1 | help the situation however she could. |
| 0:43.4 | That led to an inspired series of events that took her to Brita, and in the last two weeks |
| 0:46.7 | to Poland, and then into Ukraine itself, traveling with Brita and helping to get humanitarian |
| 0:51.2 | aid to the end of the road as the crisis deepens in Ukraine. |
| 0:54.1 | We'll let Fiona and Brita tell more of the story, but they were also kind enough to explore |
| 0:57.7 | with us the implications that our faith and our covenants might have when it comes to our |
| 1:01.1 | engagement in humanitarian crises or other large-scale issues. |
| 1:04.9 | We also talk about how we can help when it seems like so many things are going wrong all |
| 1:08.4 | at once. |
| 1:09.4 | Many of you know Fiona and her work well, but for those who are hearing her for the first |
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