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ARCHIVE February, 2010
Once again… Its time to Pray
We just got word that there are 4 more women who are pregnant with mingi children, and in the past we have found that these cases of mingi are the hardest to convince the families not to kill the children. Lale has arranged a meeting with the elders to see if they are willing [...]
Its picture time!
Finally got the password figured out and uploaded all the new pictures onto Flickr. Click here for your fill of cute kid pictures!
A Whole Mess of Kids!
Just got a bunch of pictures from Lale’s camera today and am trying to get them uploaded on Flickr, having a bit of trouble logging in and have to wait until my guy Rich who has all the passwords saved on his computer wakes up. Oh the joys of living on the other side of [...]
Answers
I got a flood of email asking questions after that last post, I figure if that many people asked about mingi than its likely that more of you have the same questions. There are three types of ways that a child can be deemed mingi. The first and most common is the top teeth coming [...]
Very good news!
The meeting is over in the tribes and Lale has returned beaming with pride for what was accomplished. What started out as a meeting in one village with 60 people ended up being in two separate villages over the weekend and included nearly two hundred people! Lale said that there were people who had killed [...]
Random tidbits
It seems like the little random bits of information that I need to post on here are starting to pile up, so instead of boring you with days of posts I am going to squish them all together in this one big random mess of information.. Enjoy! – The video at the top of the [...]
Any Junk?
In only two short months we have doubled the number of kids we have in the orphanage, and Lale tells me that he is likely going to be bringing back more kids with him when he returns from the tribes in the next few days. There is something incredibly fulfilling about knowing that more children [...]
Having faith
Today Lale is out in the tribes meeting with the elders and government leaders about mingi and trying to get some traction on educating them that the practice is wrong. He was really nervous about this meeting, in the days leading up to today he called me several times to ask that we pray for [...]
God is good!
Ok, so this is the coolest thing ever! I just walked out of a meeting where a businessman from America told me that he is going to buy a Landcruiser for the orphanage! I can hardly put into words how thankful we are that God came through and made this happen. We are now going [...]
Important meeting this weekend…
I just hung up from Lale, he is on his way out to the tribes where we are holding a tribal gathering to talk with the elders and tribe leaders about mingi and the importance of stopping the practice. Lale asked that we all pray for the meeting. These are always very touchy events as [...]
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