Saturday April 6, 2013
“Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.” – Job 29:12
Another opportunity was given to us from above. Prior to us
arriving in our city, the local orphanage has been off-limits to foreigners.
They developed a negative taste in their mouth about foreigners because of a
soured relationship they previously had with a foreign family who once lived in
our town. This local orphanage has burdened our hearts recently, and we felt
that we should try to give them a visit anyway. Sure enough, this feeling was
given to us solely from Father. A friend of Becky’s asked her if she wanted to
go visit the orphanage with her! This friend is a family member and has a
loving heart for people, especially for children in need. Becky told her of the
strong possibility that she would not be allowed in. Her friend said to give it
a try anyway.
Becky’s pryer was, “If this is your will, let there be a
way.” Sure enough, she was allowed in! To top it off, she was allowed in with
opened arms and excitement from the orphanage workers! No sign of any hostility
or fear. She greeted them with a loving smile and a bag of fruit and candy. She
sat at a picnic table with two workers, 4 children, and her sweet sister friend.
The children in the orphanage all have some kind of special need or physical
handicap. 3 out of the 4 children at the table were unable to speak. However,
they sure could laugh, smile, and eat pineapple with Becky! These children are
abandoned. One little boy that could sort of speak was found on the side of the
road. I did not plan on taking any pictures, but when he discovered my phone in
my pocket, he was hooked to the phenomenon of a touchscreen. The kids were
fascinated to be able to see themselves, and somehow took pictures while
enamored!
The workers told Becky she could come back at anytime. We
were blown away by the reception we received from them! We are in pryer about
how to pursue this relationship with them. We will take it slow, go in small
numbers of visitors, and spread out the number of times during the month to
start out. But man are we excited!!!
Sunday April 7, 2013
No Chance To Be an Orphan
Well…. We have some news….
April Fool’s! We don’t mean to scare you! Haha! We may have
had a little “piece of rice in the rice cooker” scare, and needed to double
check. SO, we ended up buying a pregnancy test to make sure.
This pregnancy test was a gut-wrenching revelation to
our hearts. If you buy a pregnancy test today in
our country (remember, we’re not pregnant), it comes with one of these (below),
because if you’re potentially pregnant in our country the first thing you’re
apparently supposed to do is consider killing your baby. And judging from the
amount of advertising, pre-birth infanticide is not only much more convenient
than traditional infanticide, it’s a cash cow. This is an abortion discount
card for a local hospital.
The front roughly says: “PAINLESS ABORTION
Assistance Card”
“Assistance amount: $50”
[Government] Appointed
Hospital Painless Abortion Assistance Hotline
The back is worse. The
back compares three kinds of abortion: abortion via drugs, ordinary abortion,
and the “Blah-blah Hospital’s Hysteroscopy Obtain Embryo Surgery” Here’s what
the columns read:
• Surgery eligibility
(“medical indication”):
◦
“up to and including
the 11th week.”
• Surgery time:
◦
“three minutes”
• Anesthetic:
◦
“short-term effect
I.V. anesthetic”
• Patient’s surgery experience:
◦
“sweet dreams during
the surgery, wake up promptly, cozy and cheerful after the surgery”
• Harmful side-effects:
◦
“very few
complications, won’t affect subsequent pregnancies, can go to work the next
day”
It has the address, contact
info, and a website.
We were completely stunned at
how convenient and appealing they have made it to have an abortion.
