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God’s Children are not for sale!
God’s Children are not for sale! That line is memorable in the new movie “Sound of Freedom.” My Husband and I had heard that the film was good, but I did not expect to be so moved. Human trafficking is a grave issue that continues to plague societies worldwide. It is a form of modern-day slavery that affects millions of men, women, and children. The movie "Sound of Freedom" sheds light on this dark reality,...
Vamsi’s Story
When Karen and I first started helping TJ to care for orphans in India, we were asked to support an individual orphan. Most of the children in the two orphanages were young, but as we looked over their photographs, our eyes fell upon a teenage boy in the home of one of the pastors TJ had partnered with. His name is Vamsi (wom’ see).Here’s some of Vamsi’s story. Both sets of his grandparents were lepers. As a result, they were outcasts in their society. No one would hire them, so their only source of income was begging. Vamsi’s parents, though...
The Meaning Behind Our Name
“He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10Have you wondered what it really means to be the apple of someone’s eye or where the phrase comes from? The phrase was first used in the Bible but comes from a Hebrew expression that literally means “little man of the eye,” which refers to the tiny reflection of yourself that you see in another person’s pupil. Someone is gazing at you so intently and closely that you are literally...
THE 1st PROGRAM DAY: Muzima Sponsorship
The first children arrived with their caretaker who had to give up a day to work for this precious day: the first day her children were going to be enrolled in Umushinga as she called it (the Kinyarwanda word for program). The other children arrived one by one in the rain, the group from Rugendabari arriving last. We began with a meeting with caretakers and we covered the following subjects. Education, For the time being, the children’s education will be the primary target of the sponsorship, with some support in other ways available. AHEC Charity, We briefly discussed the partnership...
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