Jesus’ kids!
July 2004 Volume 7, Number 7
“He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy.” Psalm 72:4
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Jesus’ kids! July 2004 Volume 7, Number 7 “He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy.” Psalm 72:4 |
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Betikara went to court to get legal guardianship of this abandoned child. We laugh about it now, but at the time it was absolutely crucial that the court assign Andry an age below ten years old so that we could get him into the public school system. Thankfully, the judge went along with that idea and assigned Andry an age of nine years old in 2000, assigning him a birth year of 1992. That would make him thirteen years old this year. He’s more like seventeen, but we don’t mind. Andry doesn’t mind either. What he does mind, is that the judge never assigned him a birth month and day. When Betikara first took in children, we didn’t worry much over birthdays. Malagasy custom for birthdays is just a special greeting, no cake, no gifts, no birthday song, and so we just followed Malagasy custom. Still Andry felt left out because he never even got the greeting. Over the years however, with volunteers, visitors, and sponsors from the western world, celebrating birthdays at Betikara has become a matter of singing, eating cake and giving gifts. Andry doesn’t have a date, so he never got a cake or heard the birthday song in honor of him. It’s taken us several years to rectify it. We assigned the month and day of Andry’s coming to Betikara as his birthday and this year we honored him with cake (he chose the flavor), specially wrapped gifts, and the birthday song. He acted more like a nine year old than a seventeen year old, but that’s ok, because it was Andry’s first birthday ever. He had a wonderful time and finally, he’s just like the other Betikara lambs. He has a real month, a real day and a real year! June 10, 1992!
The first pair of numbers represent the child’s test score out of the total possible number. Anything above 50% is a good score and considered a pass mark. The second pair of numbers represents the child’s rank out of the number of children in his or her class. The third number represents the grade which each student will begin in September of 2004. Special congratulations to Elisoa and Prisca for passing the Elementary finishing test and being admitted to Junior High School in September. Great work, Elisoa and Prisca! School Break Fun
In Memory
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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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