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UNTOUCHABLE: CHILDREN OF GOD

January 1, 2015

There are over 35 Million slaves in the world today (Global Slavery Index 2014).
And Human Trafficking is fastest growing criminal activity in the world. We all,
especially as believers, have a responsibility to do something to stop it.

Untouchable: Children of God, is a documentary film that addresses the issues of
sex trafficking, slavery, and the caste system of Nepal and India. It explores
the stories of the people most vulnerable to human trafficking, the
“Untouchables” of society, specifically the Badi people of Nepal and the Dalits
of India. The film powerfully takes you into the stories and lives of a couple
girls who have been rescued out of a brothel in India. They bravely share their
stories of rescue and hope.

I have had the privilege of becoming friends with the director and some of the
film crew of this powerful film. I also have met these precious, brave girls who
share their stories of rescue. They are strong believers in Christ now, and want
God to use their stories to help rescue many more people!

If you would like to find out where a viewing of this film will be near you
AND/OR sign up to host a screening of the film please go to this link for more
information: https://www.tugg.com/titles/untouchable-children-of-god

Also, it will be available for purchase in 2015 as well!

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SETTING GOALS FOR 2014

January 6, 2014

Happy New Year 2014!

Below are some practical and inspiring tips for cultivating good habits and
setting great goals.  Very appropriate way to start the new year, right!?! :)

Five Habits to Cultivate This Year:

> 5 Habits to Cultivate This Year



How to Set Smart Goals:

http://blog.ashleypichea.com/how-to-set-smart-goals/

Ten Tips for Setting Reasonable Goals:

http://blog.ashleypichea.com/10-tips-for-setting-reasonable-goals/

Why we Procrastinate: 







Goal Setting Questions for a New Year:



Click to access goalquestionsnewyear.pdf



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AVIAN FLU (BIRD FLU)

September 1, 2013

All the birds have the flu – j/k.

Seriously though, bird flu is rampant in Nepal right now. This past month almost
one million chickens & ducks have been culled because of the Bird Flu. This past
week the government passed a temporary ruling that all stores in the Kahtmandu
Valley should stop selling chicken & eggs immediately. Whether the stores do it
or not, it’s good to see the government taking precautions.

Please pray that the situation will improve quickly without any (more?) serious
illnesses or deaths!  Thank you.

I do like to eat chicken.  ;)

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NEPAL NEWS & PRAYER REQUESTS!

June 30, 2013

Severe floods in Nepal!!! – Please pray for the people of Nepal at this time!
 Due to severe flooding there have been several deaths and many homes destroyed
especially in the far western regions of Nepal.  The floods are said to be the
worst floods in decades! Please pray for the families who lost loved ones & the
ones who lost their homes!

See links below:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/landslides-and-floods-in/718176.html#.UcSJeUpohaI.facebook

http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4544

I also wanted to post a link to the 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report that the
U.S. State Department recently released.  The report gives details about each
country’s specific response to anti trafficking efforts and ranks them with a
tier system based on the level of their efforts and effectiveness to combat
trafficking in their countries. Nepal is improving from past reports, but still
has much to be done!

http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/index.htm

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“VOLUNTOURISM”

April 30, 2013
I have included two REALLY good articles that I read recently.  The first one
sheds more light on the issue of human trafficking in Nepal, and the second one
is a MUST READ for anyone who has or plans to do a short term trip overseas to
help in an orphanage or any work in a developing country.  It will help give you
better context to a cultural system that is much different than that of
 “developed” Western countries.

1.       The below link gives some clear and useful information about the issue
of human trafficking specifically in Nepal.  It is a helpful, quick and easy
read, especially because it is presented in story / comic book form!

** ‘I was 14 when I was sold’ **
Laxmi’s story of being kidnapped and trafficked in Nepal is not an isolated case
but, as this graphical account shows, things are not always what they seem.

Click on link below to see the article/comic:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/magazine-22250772

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2.      This second article is a VERY insightful article about how westerners
often further exploit children in orphanages by “voluntourism”  (was written
from someone in Cambodia, but much truth for Nepal also)! Though many people
have good intentions (and there is a place for some people to come and help) it
is important to channel volunteer’s help in appropriate ways! Very important
info for people wanting to help in an orphanage or any ministry or humanitarian
efforts!!!


VOLUNTOURISM

Written by Guest Blogger on Apr 04, 2013 08:48 pm

Written by guest blogger Miranda Kerr, currently volunteering for Chab Dai in
Cambodia.




This week in Cambodia, a report was released stating that an Australian-run
orphanage had been shut down in an emergency response to human trafficking and
abuse (you can read the article here SISHA – Emergency Shutdown).


Before leaving this year, friends would sometimes confuse my plans of working in
a school with ‘Miranda’s trip to an orphanage in Cambodia’. Without taking any
offense that my friends didn’t know my actual plans (well actually Jemma, I
regularly took offense that you couldn’t get it right), this little sentence
made me cringe inside and I instantly felt the need to say ‘no, no – I’m not
working in an orphanage’. Why?

Here’s why.

Cambodia’s tourism has been booming over the last few years. People are coming
here to see the the stunning and ancient temples in Siem Reap, to learn more
about the Khmer Rouge regime in Phnom Penh’s museums and to soak up the sun and
beach down south in Kep. Most come here with the best intentions and when they
arrive, the poverty they face draws them to say something along the lines of ‘I
need to do something’. Keen to help this war-torn country, increasing numbers of
tourists are now also working as volunteers.

Unfortunately, well-intentioned volunteers have helped to create a surge in the
number of residential care homes (orphanages), tempting impoverished parents
with promises of an education and western-style upbringing. In ‘worst cases’
these children are ‘rented’ or even ‘bought’ from their families because they
are perceived to be of more value by earning money pretending to be a poor
orphan than studying and eventually graduating from school. Parents ‘willingly’
send their kids to these institutions believing (through the lies they are told)
it will provide their child with a better life. Unfortunately in very many
cases, it won’t.

Orphanages rely on donations and know that the more children they have in their
care, the more ‘at risk’ and ‘in need’ they are and therefore, more likely to
receive funding. Unfortunately, in many of these institutions (but not all),
very little of the money donated will ever actually assist the children who will
remain living in sub-standard conditions. The orphanages have also relied on the
big hearts and curiosity of tourists who are invited into the facility and asked
to stay and play with the children.

I get it. I once did that. 

In Hoi An, Vietnam – my friend and I visited an orphanage run by an Irish woman
that we’d heard about at a local cafe. It was a warm and fuzzy sort of
experience at the time. Cuddling little children and playing games with them
before sharing the lychees we’d purchased as a gift before entering. We’d left a
donation at the end of the day and (as 19 year olds on our first trip through
South-East Asia) promised that we’d return.

We didn’t – and it’s taken me 7 years now to reflect on that experience.
The 19 year old me walked away thinking that somehow I’d made a difference in
the lives of those kids. I’d put a smile on their face. I’d given them fruit.
I’d given them love, hope, blah blah – who knows what I thought I gave them.
Really – a stranger, speaking a foreign language, entered their home, took
photos, gave them food, held them, waved goodbye and never returned.
When would that ever be OK in Australia? Or anywhere?

This is SUCH a massive topic and debate for people working with vulnerable
children and victims of human trafficking here in Phnom Penh, and mixed in with
the heat – doesn’t take much to get the blood boiling when reports like the one
released by SISHA this morning come out.

Below is a little more information on orphanage tourism. Please, please, PLEASE
consider these things before you embark on any journey that may lead you to
visiting or volunteering in an orphanage.

Orphanage Tourism – ChildSafe Network This document seeks to assist travelers
and volunteers in finding a way to contribute, yet avoid situations or actions
that may lead to child exploitation. Certain ‘tourist attractions’ such as
orphanage tours exploit children’s vulnerabilities.

ChildSafe Questions and Answers

Blog post borrowed from Miranda’s personal blog, My Traffick Jam.

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ESTHER’S TESTIMONY

February 28, 2013

Via the promise in my January/February 2013 prayer letter, I want to share a bit
more of my friend Esther’s testimony.

Esther is from the village of Thankot, which is only about an hour from the the
center of Kathmandu. When Esther was a baby her family “dedicated her to satan”,
as she puts it. When she was about twelve she started acted very strange and her
parents couldn’t handle her out of control behavior. For several years, they
tried getting help from doctors and from the village priests but to no avail.
Finally, someone told her family that the Christians might be able to help her.
Her family found the church they are at now and after the pastor and deacons
prayed for her several times, she was healed (this is quite common here). As a
result her whole family came to the Lord.

Since that time, she has gotten married and now has two beautiful daughters.
Along with her husband, she has grown a strong relationship with Christ and a
desire to reach her own people with the Gospel. They are getting ready to move
to one of the most unreached area of Nepal to start a church (see Jan/Feb letter
for more details).

I have gone with her a few times to Thankot to do outreach in the village she is
from. Below, I copied a blog post from March 2008, which tells of one visit &
her story.  You can also view my March 20, 2008 blog post to hear details about
how that outreach went (as well as see pictures). :)

“Ladies Meeting

March 2, 2008

Please pray for Jenn and I as we will be traveling to a village about an hour
from our house to do a ladies meeting. We were asked by a Nepali friend in our
church, Ester, (it is her Mom’s village) to come. Most of the women will be
Hindu and they want us to share the Gospel with them. Please pray that this
meeting will go well. Especially since we don’t think there will be a
translator, so everything we do must be in Nepali. I know the Lord can open our
speach and understanding to remember everything we have learned so far and speak
it in their language. :)

I must go soon, because Ester is already here waiting for me, but I want to
share a neat fact about Ester. About 6 years ago (when she was about 17 yr. old)
Ester’s family (who was all Hindu at the time) brought Ester to our church in
desperation. Ester was demon possesed and had many attacks and fits. Our church
leaders prayed over her several times and the result was the demon’s left her.
She and her WHOLE family are now Christians. Her and her husband are now
faithful members of our church. It is her family’s village that we are going to
right now. They want their whole village to become Christians and asked us to
come and share our faith with them.

OUR GOD IS GREAT AND POWERFUL! THERE IS NONE ELSE LIKE HIM! :)”

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WALKING ON WATER

December 30, 2012

Wowza, it’s been a REALLY long time since I’ve written anything on this blog.
 With all the other media options these days, it’s hard to keep up with
blogging. :)  I usually put most of what I’d like to say on Facebook or in
prayer letters. So I thought I’d share a devotional that I read today that I
found encouraging.

“Walking on Water – Psalm 46:1

Let’s observe two… things: (1) Between the dread and the devastation, look for
the Deliverer. Picture a boat lashed by huge waves, and frightened disciples who
thought they were going under. They forgot the promise: ‘God is…a very present
help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear (vv. 1-2 nkjv). They didn’t look for
Jesus to rescue them. Yet as the  night advanced and things looked hopeless, He
went to them, walking on the sea’ (Mt 14:25 nkjv). Did they rejoice? No, their
fear intensified and they said, ‘It’s a ghost!’ (vs. 26 nkjv). Look out! Your
fear can distort your perceptions and make you see the answer as just another
problem. Often what appears a threat is actually a blessing about to manifest
itself. For example, you lose your job and God opens up a better one, but your
fear and inadequacy make you avoid the interview. Look to Jesus in your time of
fear; when He takes away the lesser it’s always to give you the greater. (2)
God’s best always requires facing what you fear.  Jesus called Peter to come to
Him. Deciding it was safer in the storm with Jesus than in the boat without Him,
Peter walked toward Him. But their’s always a moment after you step out in faith
when you hear, ‘What if I’m not up to this?’ Peter heard it, and the waves began
to engulf him. Panicked, he called and Jesus immediately rescued him. Peter
wasn’t drowning; he was learning and growing! When you walk by faith, even your
failures will lead to success. So step out with Jesus; He won’t let you drown.”

– taken from The Word For You Today: Sept * Oct * Nov

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EASTER PICTURES!

April 29, 2012

Easter Pictures!

I pray you had a wonderful Easter being reminded of the amazing sacrifice that
our Lord made for us… giving us a blessed hope!!!

Please click the link above to view pictures from Easter with some of our
friends at the “Garden of Dreams” in Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

 

 

 

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