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by | Jul 18, 2008 | Everything Else

Just got back from a week in Kiwoko with the Aberdeen team, working in a primary school there. It’s been an amazing week, and a difficult week, on many levels. Looking forward to a little R&R this weekend. Proper updates soon.

Slow It Down

by | Jul 12, 2008 | Musings

Julie never ceases to inspire me… take this, for example…

The song ended up being about how love is slow.

Most of the circles I’ve ever run in have been ones where there is tremendous pressure to find love. And marry it. Asap.

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We’re all the same. No one wants to be alone. We’re better together.

We are better together. But not when we push it.

I’m tired of being told to feel anxious about it. I’m tired of feeling pressure and I’m tired of people having to make decisions that will cause them pain.

Read the rest of it here.

Jesus Cares For All

by | Jul 12, 2008 | Africa, Social Justice, Travel

Yesterday I headed out to a street kids project called “Jesus Cares For All” with the Australian team. The project comprises of a orphanage, a nursery & primary school, and a church, and is run by a woman called Mamma Flavia (hope I spelt that right!).

Mamma Flavia

Mamma Flavia & Rachel

She was a successful business woman before she met Jesus, and he gave her a vision of looking after his orphaned children. It was beautiful to listen to her story, hearing how she started with one, and now has 180 kids at the school. Unfortunately I didn’t catch how many are living with her currently. They have 50 acres of land, purchased with FOL help, which Mamma Flavia dreams of developing so there is space for 300 children, and for a secondary school.

It was heartbreaking at times to hear of how she longs to care for more abandoned and orphaned kids, and has the space for them… but not enough resources to feed them all. Can you imagine turning your kids away because you couldn’t feed them? You can help with this! Visit the FOL website for information on sponsoring a child through FOL.