ONE OF OUR BEST FRIEND COME TO VISIT US IN THE ISLAND !

This is a story about a family coming to see us in the island, they have been a blessing to us, they give special meaning by just living awhile with us
How their kids (2 daugther) can play together with all the orphanage kids, your good works shall not in vain my friend!....sometime we need to go to remote area to mission field with our kids in our vacation time besides going abroad

                                                            with my friend in GENASI

                                              Grace (in yellow) share happiness with the kids

Crissy singing with grace and the orphanage kids

Even they pray for each of the kids!

tidak lupa mereka bertamasya ke telukdalam dan ke desa Bawomataluo utk melihat 'lompat batu'

Going to the Bawomataluo village to see stone jumping

Thank you my friend for your special time visiting us in the island, you have blessed us alot!
we will wait for another episode with you and other friends !!!

VACATIONS IN AUGUST 2011-VISITING MUSEUM

Our great joy for our orphanage kids when their dream come true, they want to play in the beach !, it has happen now  (31 Agustus 2011)the happiness already shown when they preparing to go by the food they bring, when they sit in the 'becak' waiting to be sent to the museum, besides the museum there are the small zoo and beach

                    When thye leave the orphange heading to Museum

This is the picture before they jump in the water and catch the fish, imagine what they catch my friend
they caught :

It is time fot he kids to learn about the animal in the island (playing and drawing/sketch the animal )

The kids also learn about their culture, how to make them love their culture while still inline with the value from the kingdom of God

and at last going back together to the orphanage
This is the picture taken before they go back.... sayonara !!!

The moment they can't forget... see you again in another story!

EMPATHY

We can see many people need help, they need good nutrition, they need good care but who shall I SENT said the Lord, here I am my Lord, send me.......

We want to take them and feed them, the poorest people among us, but we haven't got power to do it (workers) to make it happen, but we continue praying that somebody will have burden together with us doing this, for the time being we have works to do now, raising the orphanage kids, managing 2 kindergarden with 3 teachers and 3 workers

We are praying that we can buy a piece of land to do farming together with our kids, this will train them live skills, we can supply our own vegetables and meat for our orphanage.
We are also struggling and praying that God provide a car so we can bring the kids to school (for now they walked to school), so we can help the people in this island better.

ACTIVITIES IN MEI-JUNE 2011

The kids entering the holidays, we are looking for teacher to help them in learing, everyday from 15.00-17.00, we add another 2 hours learing time in the morning during holidays (from 9.00-11.00), for the kids to catch up with the school subject, also to teach them discipline even during holiday, one of the kids have first rank in her class (Lina) which improve from last year (2nd rank in the class) and there is a boy which also improve from rank 6 to rank 5 this year

The smaller kids are learning alphabet and numbers, some of them can read, maybe we are the smallest and simplest orphanage wich run by us (Nias outsider) but .we a sure that we give good nutrition, milk, vegetables and eggs

 

 We just recieve a new kids (Niwa) which was intelligent from remote area in the Island 

our hope is that this kid will be a obedient, discipline and loving good with good character

Senta, Niwa and her Father

In  May & June we also very bussy building a Kindergarden near our orphanage because we live in slum area which many of tricycle rider (tukang becak) and stone man (building house workers) and even beggars can send their kids to our kindergarden, our own orphanage kids also can have a good school around, please pray for us to be able to finish the Kindergarden in HIS TIME

  this is the land which the Kindergarden will stand here

ACTIVITIES IN APRIL 2011

There is a couple of grandfather & grand mother which want to give their granddaugther to us in 5 april 2011

Her name was Ika Jeli, her father died in 2007 and her mother have gone away and never came back again since mid of 2007, the kid since 1,5 years has been raised up by her grandfather & grandmother in a village, 5 months ago they move to our village in Gunungsitoli
This kids was raised by her grandmother (58 years) & grandfather (60 years), her grandfather can't work anymore, his last job was a truck driver 5 months ago, because of a tumor in his back, which gradually became biger and bigger (start from 2 years ago), the blood pressure was 190, now living in a very simple house they rent, now they are having trouble of living because no income, we are praying to recieve the granddaugther

ACTIVITIES IN FEB-MAR 2011

Date 2 Mar 2011
there is a mother which want to give her sons to us in orphanage (she is from remote village of the island-Gomo) she has 7 kids, the bigest is already 17 years, but the smallest one still 3 years old, she already separated from her husband which was married again with the new wife (25 years old) and neglected them

we are looking forward to recieved 2 of the childrens which in 7 & 8 years old

the 7 & 8 years old is wearing the dark green clothes, the mother is wearing the grey color dress with her eldest daughter is in yellow, now they make a living by rude works in the wet market


In 3 Mar 2011
All the kids were very happy when they recieved new shoes
because their shoes already damaged and can't be used anymore

  Photo of the kids recieving shoes from Obor Berkat Indonesia (OBI) Nias

Please pray for us to have strength to finish 25 chairs and tablesfor kindergarden, our plan is to build a kindergarden near our orphanahe (it is specially needed for the slum area around our orphanage)

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed

Many difficulties we have faced when we do our ministry in the Island, although sometimes we don't understand why some people in the island intimidate us and do many things to stop us. in the end we understand all the trouble/difficulties we experience have enriched us, we are not depend on our abilities, our desire is to bless the children of this island, we will continue to struggle until we finish our ministry in 15-20 years

We have faced :

1. No Clean Water, the water from the well we dig was very dirty, so we used rain water for our needs, in the situation when no rain fall, we buy the water, but 2 of our neighbour threaten us and will throw stone if we continue buy the water and the truck water pass by the road in front of their house, finaly we knew that they forbid us to pass the road because they want us to buy their land with 4 times normal price

2. Our land which we built simple house for the orphanage/underpriviledge children has been taken by somebody, they intimidate by breaking the 3 fence collumn, they threatened us and ask us to buy the land which they don't own, we have bought the land from our friend, but last year 1 of our neighbour claimed the land own by them, and we already paid them amount of money, but now another person want to take advantage on us, we don't know how many times we have to face this.
   
3. Part of one of the wall has been destroyed by one of the unkown neighbour, just to make the owner of the wall angry with us, and to stop our work in building the Children Home

4. Many times, we nearly beaten by the drunked man, Once one of the worker which build the Children Home want to cheat us, and threaten us and want to Hit us, but we have been protected by the grace of our Lord.

many things has happen, now we understand 2Co 4:8-9 
 there will be moment when we passed all these things with HIS Grace, we can praise our Lord with thankfull heart, not all the people hinder us, some of the families also help us,
"For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake" (Php 1:29) 
"For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps" (1Pe 2:21)

Stories in Nias island bi-Lingual Edition

Stories in Nias island bi-Lingual Edition
By one of our friend, stories in Nias island have been published  bi-Lingual Edition ,can buy in bookstores (Gramedia etc.), we hope these stories which inspired by true story can be inspiration for whom who read it.