Aids Victims to Testify God in UK Tour
A team of Aids victims from the US will be touring the north-west of UK next month to testify how God is helping them move forward.
by Anne Thomas
Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 8:48 (BST)
A team of AIDS victims from the US will be touring the north-west of UK next month to testify how God is helping them move forward.
Sharon Hylton's husband, Mike, died in 1998 from Aids. She is now a partner in the company he started, Factor Support Network Pharmacy, which is a special service for people with haemophilia, HIV and Aids, and bleeding disorders.
Hylton will be speaking during the tour, led by journalist Dan Wooding.
"We hope the tour will show how HIV is a disease of people, not just statistics," said Wooding, who will lead the team from He Intends Victory, a pioneering HIV and Aids charity based in Irvine, California. "We want to put a human face on this disease and help others reach out to those infected in their communities."
In addition, Dan Davis, who was diagnosed with Aids in 1994, will share his testimony together with his wife Cathy on how "God has touched their lives and given them the strength to remain together through difficult circumstances". Dan engaged in homosexual relationships for 27 years before entering into a "process of recovery".
Davis and Hylton will be speaking at Prescot Community Church, Prescot, Merseyside on 10 June at 10am.
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Added: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 13:28 (BST)
Two comments - firstly it is great to see Christian Today highlighting the issue of HIV/AIDS - well done! So few in the Christian communities in Europe are doing this.
Secondly, people living with HIV don't like to be called AIDS victims, it is the word victim that is problematic (also there is a difference between HIV and AIDS, HIV is the virus and AIDS the sickness it leads to, to be HIV positive doesn't mean you have AIDS).
Maybe it would be good to change your terminology in future, there are lists available for editors of the correct language to use (compiled by UNESCO in conjunction with people living with HIV).
Blessings and thanks again for highlighting this issue.
Rosemary Hack, Tshwane, South Africa
