All I Want for Christmas is a ... Kalashnikov.

Isaiah from the OT had it right:

He'll settle things fairly between nations.
He'll make things right between many peoples.
They'll turn their swords into shovels,
their spears into hoes.
No more will nation fight nation;
they won't play war anymore. (Isaiah 2:4, The Message)

In Sierra Leone, blacksmiths, metal workers, and farmers are turning weapons used in the civil war into plowshares. Kalashnikovs become hoes; Rocket Launchers become "pickaxes, sickles, and even school bells." Over the course of a year, a tank can be stripped down and turned into over 3,000 vital items to use in "a farming village of 100 families."

Pray that the weapons of war can be transformed to bring new life to communities around the world.

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