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 Jesus’ kids! April 2001 Volume 4, Number 4 “Religion that God the Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:
to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself
from being polluted by the world.”
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| “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard
seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will
move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Mathew 17:20 NIV
Mountains are
being moved on the Betikara land. Please do not take this the wrong
way, we have faith, but we also have 15 strong backs, 7 wheel barrows,
umpteen shovels, pick axes and pry bars to accomplish the task at hand
of moving the mountains. Preparations are continuing to make room
for phase one of the Betikara building project.
Workers terracing the Betikara Land In conjunction with the 15 men that are terracing the Betikara property, there are also 8 other men that have been working for one month now. These men also have the monumental task of moving mountains, but their mountains are in the form of the numerous gigantic boulders that pepper the Betikara property. Already they have produced over 10,000 rectangular shaped stones that will be used for the building foundations and for retaining walls to help terrace the Betikara property.
Piles and piles of stones The 8 men say
that at least another 10,000 stones are forthcoming. They guarantee
that “no stone will be left unturned” that can be used in the building
project for the Betikara Lambs. The “easy work” is being done right
now. Forthcoming is the time that we will petition the Malagasy Army
for permission to use dynamite on the largest of the boulders that reside
on the property. Do not worry about our safety. We will be
nowhere near the property when the dynamite is being used. Since
these 8 men have all their limbs, I guess it is safe to assume that they
know what they are doing when it gets right down to blowing things up.
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| Sad News
This last week we lost two of the Betikara Lambs. Sondra and Annie were brought to us by the extended family. It seemed that their mother was nowhere to be found. This last week the mother showed up at Betikara and demanded to have her children. We are sorrowed at the loss, but more so for Sondra and Annie who are now under their others care. A mother who really doesn’t want to be responsible for them. Please pray for the health and safety of these two former Betikara Lambs. Happy News
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If you would like to help with a monetary donation, write your check out to BETIKARA and send it to: Indiana Church of Christ
“He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him
for what he has done.”
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