ARCHIVE October, 2009

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It’s your turn..

October 16, 2009

I know everyone is interested in what is going on with Abrehame, I promise more updates as soon as I hear anything.  I spoke with Jessie a few minutes ago and they stayed the night at the half way point on the journey and are back on the road to the orphanage now. Before you [...]

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Update on Abrehame

October 15, 2009

We found out a bit more about Abrehame and it looks like he is not doing very well.  He has a pretty bad stomach problem and his skin is itchy all over, he has not been able to keep down food or liquids for several days now.  Jessie left an hour ago to make the [...]

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Pray for Abrehame

October 14, 2009

I just got a call from Lale that Abrehame is not doing so good, he has been to the small hospital the town three times in the last 24 hours and they are not sure what is wrong with him.   I was not able to fully understand what is going wrong yet but it sounds [...]

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Mingi?

October 8, 2009

I just saw a comment asking about Mingi and thought it might be a good idea to post a bit more about what is being done to stop this horrible practice. First of all let me try and explain Mingi as best I understand it.  There are three tribes that practice mingi in this country. [...]

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Can you believe how green this is?

October 5, 2009

The rainy season is just ending and in its wake a lush green landscape that covers the northern part of the country, the rains are making their way south now and the town where the orphanage is, is getting its turn.

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Process…. Oh the process

October 4, 2009

We recently learned that although we have a legal orphanage we do not yet have legal orphans.  There is a law in this country that says that you need to have a letter from the police department for each child that you have stating that they are unable to live with their parents, the letter [...]

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