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Friday, October 29, 2004
No Utensils Needed
A couple days ago, two German doctors visited us at Home of Love. They toured about the place and then had lunch with the kids. We had rice with papaya and potato curry. They used the word "fascinating" after their visit. It has become one of our part time jobs to host visitors and walk the grounds with them sharing our ideas/visions for the future as well as the history of this ministry. The two Doctors work for a German organization called, Doctors without borders.
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by Thomas at 10:05 PM
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Baby ducks galore!
Here is Golap, one of our staff at Home of Love. He is the caretaker of the 120 new ducklings that have just arrived. Our organization has built a bamboo duck house over one of the ponds and since today we have new occupants! The ducklings will be the beginning of the duck farm we hope to start. The kids are all excited about these cute fuzzy new friends!
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by Colleen at 7:16 AM
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Happy Birthday
This month we had 4 girls celebrating their Birthdays. We held a party today with dancing, songs and poetry. It was nice that we had three American guests visiting with us, to also join in the Birthday program. After the party we held the evening devotions altogether.
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by Thomas at 11:18 PM
Monday, October 25, 2004
Taekwondo
This unfamiliar word has become a familiar word over the course of the last 1.5 years. After God sent us a black belt Taekwondo master to join our NGO APAB (Aid for poverty alleviation) our children have become enthralled with the disciplines of this martial art. It's a wonderful program with a strong emphasis on character, respect and of course physical exercise. Some of our boys have now the blue belt which is the third level. They can break boards and jump so high that we have to turn off the fans during performances. It's awesome! The kids were recently asked to perform for the Chittagong Rotary Club and have delighted many of our visitors with their skills. They practice at least twice a week.
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by Thomas at 9:53 PM
Annalena from Germany
We welcome Annalena from Germany. She finished high school in June 2004 and then worked to save up for the trip to Bangladesh. Annalena is here to help us at the orphanage. She carries the small children, plays games and helps in many other ways.
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by Thomas at 1:58 PM
Saturday, October 23, 2004
Olpona and Uttom
This is Olpona holding Uttom whose health has improved dramatically. Remember, Uttom was the one who has been in the hospital already 4 times in his short life. A couple days ago Olpona told us that she wants to quit working in the orphanage. We were sad when we heard that, because we all like Olpona very much. She has been working in the orphanage since March 2004. She washes clothes, cleans and prepares food. In her free time in the evening, you can often find her helping the classes 2-5 with homework. She said she does not have any particular reason for quitting but just wants to leave. After we prayed with her we asked Olpona to reconsider as we would hate to have her leave.
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by Thomas at 2:28 PM
Friday, October 22, 2004
Off to Camp
These six girls are going to camp this week. The camp is sponsored by the local Awana and is about 2.5 hours away. The girls were excited to attend with many other girls from the surrounding area. Presently its school holiday, they will be gone 1 week. We hope that the girls will have fun and will come back safe and changed in a good way. The girls names are (from left to right) Dorothy, Pinta, Lisa, Hanna, Priyanka and Barmiti. They are students in class 6 to 8.
You'll notice that the girls are holding toothbrushes. We wanted to share with you God's provision. Last week, I asked our supervisor what she thought we needed most right now and she told me toothbrushes. The next day we had a couple from Columbia/Sweden visit the orphanage and they brought along a big bag of: TOOTHBRUSHES! I asked how they knew and they smiled and said they thought about other things but finally decided to buy toothbrushes. There are small ones for the little ones and big ones for the older kids. I told the kids in devotions that night that truly God takes care of our needs!
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by Thomas at 4:37 PM
Rice harvest
Recently we had a rice harvest at the orphanage. Here in the picture, Sukomol and our farmer's wife are drying the rice on the roof of the "Home of Love".
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by Thomas at 11:40 AM
Monday, October 18, 2004
German language
Did you know that you can also read about the "Home of Love" in german? Since 2 weeks we have a german Internet site as well.
Fuer alle die lieber Deutsch lesen, es gibt die Info's ueber "Home of Love" Chittagong auch in deutscher Sprache. Einfach auf die Link klicken: http://www.HOLBangladesh.de
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by Thomas at 10:47 PM
Have you heard of cricket?
Bob, Julia and Phoebe (from left to right) like to play ball. Even though the national sport here in Bangladesh is cricket, many of our older boys like to play basketball. Cricket has it's roots in the time when the British used to run the country. In the future we hope to build a basketball court.
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by Thomas at 10:41 PM
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Beauty gets full bill of health
We wanted to let you know that Beauty had her last check up and has healed up almost completely. It is still a cause of celebration to see what God has done in her life. Thank you again for lifting this young girl up in prayer, it has changed her life.
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by Thomas at 11:04 PM
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Tuntu heals up well!
Here is a picture of Tuntu (before he became ill). He was our most serious TB patient so we are happy that he has almost finished his first 2 weeks of medication and quarantine. Tuntu has his appetite back, doesn't cough anymore and feels strong again. Today, Thomas sat with him and had lunch together. Eating alone for 2 weeks must have been lonely! Tuntu spends most of his time studying privately or looking out the window.
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by Thomas at 11:03 PM
Friday, October 08, 2004
Busy as bees at APAB site
There is a lot going on at the APAB (Aid for poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh) land site at the moment. If you came for a visit today, these are some of the things you'd see:
- workmen hammering metal rods straight in the shade of the trees
- construction crews carrying cement baskets on their heads as they scurry to finish the boys hostel building
- a brand new, white, gleaming primary school ready for students
- Miss Han (Korean colleague) working in her laboratory
- our college boys hoeing in the garden
- orphanage kids attending classes
- windows being installed in our soon-to-be house
- all the children being weighed in the office for up keep on their files
- our hired farmer working in the fields
- the doctor and nurse in the clinic seeing patients
Then you'd see me walking back and forth supervising, encouraging, listening planning and instructing.
Are you ready for an actual visit? Please come you are all welcome!
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by Thomas at 8:49 AM
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