Walking with the World at General Conference
Walking with the World at General Conference
I came home from Fort Worth four years ago with a T-shirt that said, “I walked with the world at General Conference 2008.” The first day I was there, I met and talked with women from Zimbabwe in the bookstore. I loved seeing and listening to the amazing variety of international delegates. The best part was personally meeting (thanks to Kathy Campbell-Barton) a delegate from the South Congo Annual Conference. As a direct result of his meeting with our delegation, I found myself on a trip to the DR Congo in the fall of 2009. Seven of us from our conference met pastors and lay people, visited churches and mission projects, met families and children, and ate (and ate and ate) in the homes of United Methodists. Even with issues of language and translation, the conversations were lively and fascinating. It was clear that these were people who love God and love the United Methodist Church as much as we do.
comments powered by Disqus

Jan Nelson
Jan Nelson is the Lay Leader of the Oregon-Idaho Conference. She was a delegate to the 2016 and 2019 General Conferences and 2016 Western Jurisdictional Conference. Jan is on the Ministry Leadership Team, Jurisdictional and Conference Committees on Episcopacy, and the Holy Land Task Force. She is also Chapter president of the Oregon-Idaho Methodist Federation for Social Action. She lives in Salem, Oregon.