ARCHIVE July, 2010

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Beanium

July 30, 2010

I have to apologize for the silence, you were all tracking with us last week as we held our breath waiting for word from Lale and the child rescue he was attempting.  When we finally did hear from him he had tragic news for us, the two families had disappeared into the bush and no [...]

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Monday morning randomness

July 19, 2010

The week is just getting going on this side of the planet and I wanted to sit down for a second and catch up on things around here, lots of randomness so I am going to revert to bullet points. The rental car is supposed to be finished at the shop today and we will [...]

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Everything in Africa time

July 16, 2010

I am sad to report that the vehicle has still not left for the village where the children are being held. The car that we normally rent has been in the shop, it was all ready to leave Thursday morning but they found a problem and had to park it while the part comes in, [...]

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Rescue Update

July 14, 2010

Ok this is awesome, I just logged on to my email and saw a donation that pays for the entire trip to save these two kids!   We already made the phone calls and have people getting ready to leave first thing in the morning to head out to the village where these kids are [...]

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Two kids needing rescue

July 14, 2010

A few minutes ago Tsegay one of the people who we have working out in the tribes called, he hiked out to a small town near the villages and used the phone there. He was calling to tell us that he met with two more families who are willing to give up their children who [...]

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Flightless birds and the power of hope

July 12, 2010

I was riding in the car a few days ago with a very good friend of mine and he mentioned that God had been showing him that he needed to affirm the power of hope. At first I was not exactly sure what he meant but still nodded in agreement because hope sounded like something [...]

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Want to wear one?

July 9, 2010

I mentioned a few days ago that some really neat people got together and offered to put together a few T-Shirts to help raise money for the kids over here  in the orphanage.  The Shirts are all done and look awesome!  And in my opinion, you I and all of us need to be wearing [...]

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When the rains come

July 8, 2010

Its been raining here, and not the sort of rain that you and I are used to, this is the kind of rain that makes two foot deep channels through your street and mud puddles the size of small lakes, the kind that wakes you up in the middle of the night as it pounds [...]

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People are awesome!

July 4, 2010

Ok, so Jessie and were talking this morning and started to list off all the cool things that people back home are doing to help out, and we are just floored at how amazing everyone is and how all the wonderful support makes it so much easier to be here and help these tribes.  I [...]

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The Africa Myth

July 1, 2010

There is a struggle I have, its tough to put into words but I have been struggling with it for the past few months. I am calling it The Africa Myth.. Although that is probably not the right name for it. Perhaps it would be better if it were called The Africa Story, you all [...]