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time has been flyin' by! here is an update on life here in Kenya*! 

Cassie sprained her ankle 30 minutes into our 7 hour hike through the Kenyan jungle.. BUT we saw elephants !! Eeekk*! 

 

Jenny's cat keeps coming around, I was in a swahili lesson when I looked over and found all sorts of shenanigans going on.. needless to say i miss my dogs! 

Took the girls to the BIG CITY (nairobi) for a little weekend away from Kijabe ! We did a little Java House which is Kenyas Starbucks, some shopping at a maasai market, some paddle boating, pedicures and I even got to have dinner with NOE, my old squad leader from the worldrace*!  

 IT WAS A GREAT WEEKED! 

still takin' pictures all day and all night.. Seriously one of my favorites from the OR.. 

Another ....

  

Phylis praying over one of our CUREkids
 before heading back to surgery.
i love it when i get to see sweet moments like these.. 

ENJOYING ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.. 

THEY ARE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.. 

I am never alone.. these guys follow me home 

from the rift valley academy everyday after practice! 

I have loved helping out with the RVA volleyball team!
one of my favorite things to do when im not working.. they are so much fun! 

Me and my boy James playing in the ward.. Love this kid.. will be so sad when he leaves! 

JAMES! 

JAMES AGAIN.. 

 sweet little booger! 

little Abbie had extra digits, but no worries we took care of it : ) sweet angel ! 

momma LOVE

This Daily Devo is currently rockin' my world.. 

 i've been podcasting Mark Driscoll from Mars hill church in seattle for the past couple weeks.

  THE SEVEN SERIES has been awesome!

some of my favorite people at CURE

Did i mention i LOVE my job??
If i ever complain you have permission to slap me..

just a little look into daily life here in the BIG A : ) 

V.O.M

http://www.persecution.com

so the link above will send you to a website I have grown a deep passion for. Its called VOICE OF THE Martyrs. When you go to the website they have a ton of different bookmarks and one of my favorite is the NEWSROOM. It works kinda like your news feeds on facebook. it constantly is updating new stories of believers currently serving time in jail or attacks/persecutions happening around the world. 

They also have a tab called RESTRICTED NATIONS where you can click on a nation and find out all sorts of stats on the country and recent related articles. I love love this tab as well.

for example INDIA

COUNTRY India 

DESCRIPTION

The social and political structures in India are largely determined by religion, caste and language. Of its 2,533 people groups, 2,229 are unreached by the gospel. India is home to the third largest Muslim population in the world, after Indonesia and Pakistan. In 2009, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom added India to its “Watch List” after large-scale attacks on Christians in 2008 left 30,000 Christians homeless and more than 120 dead.

Category: Hostile Nation
Religion: Hindu 74.3%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 5.8%
Ideology: Hinduism
Head of State: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil

Christian groups are reviled by Hindu extremist groups in India, who see Christian evangelistic efforts as undermining the Hindu-based caste system. Violence against Christians continues at an alarming rate. Persecution comes in the form of beatings, murders, imprisonments, church demolitions, destruction of property and Bible burnings. Perpetrators are rarely charged with these crimes. Most of the violence is initiated by the 30 Hindu nationalist organizations that subscribe to an extremist ideology called Hindutva, which advocates the expulsion of non-Hindus from India. Six Indian states have laws against coerced religious conversion that are often used against Christians. The “anti-conversion” laws impose prison terms and hefty fines on anyone who converts Indians by force, fraud or allurement. On March 28, 2011, 16 new Christian converts were arrested in Odisha (formerly Orissa) state for converting to Christianity without a permit.

RELATED LINKS

Persecution.com Story - India: U.S. Christians Expelled
Persecution.com Story - India: Threats in Kandhamal
Persecution.com Story - India: Animosity Increasing
VOMBooks Product - Bold Believers in India
VOMBooks Product - Restricted Nations Set: India and China
VOMBooks Product - Restricted Nations: India
PrisonerAlert Prisoner - Dr Samuel Thomas
BiblesUnbound Operation - India-Tamil Village4
BiblesUnbound Operation - India-Tamil Village3
BiblesUnbound Operation - Tamil Villages 2
Be-A-Voice Prayer Bulletin - Pastor Beaten & Jailed
Be-A-Voice Prayer Bulletin - Christian Workers Fleeing
Be-A-Voice Prayer Bulletin - Hindus Promoting Violence

this website is really rich offering so much information, check them out for yourself..  They have newsletters, prayer bulletins.. this website just might change the way you pray.. 

Hebrews 13:3

Remember those in prison as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated as if you felt their pain in your own bodies.