ARISE and CRY OUT for the children!!!

Dear Family & Friends,

Please pray for the situation here in Philippines:

Just in the last couple of weeks 8 children have gone missing and found dead…various organs missing and up to P500,000 ($1,200) taped inside or around the body. Apparently it is a van that comes by and grabs the kids as they are walking to or from school. Some schools have even suspended classes for now. The children range in age from elementary to 16 years old. Obviously, their organs are being sold on the black market. (Kidneys, heart and eyes) These children were taken from areas near Butuan, about 1 hour away. Please pray God’s hand of protection and justice would come quickly. Pray for the families who are now grieving a terrible loss. Pray all other children would be safe. And pray that those who are doing this would be caught and stopped. God have mercy on us.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

In 2008, the National Bureau of Investigation alerted the public over the rampant smuggling of human organs in the Philippines. The NBI said smugglers are now targeting children who are kidnapped and taken abroad where their organs are sold to foreign nationals.^{[102] [103]} The World Health Organization has identified the Philippines as one of the five organ trafficking hotpots. ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_Philippines#Child-organ_trafficking}

^{http://www.asia-acts.org/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100:ngo-calls-for-the-protection-of-filipinos-from-the-black-market-trade-of-human-organs&catid=34:side-flash}

^{http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2011/09/06/law-deployment-village-watchmen-schools-approved-177769}

Coin Banks for Sale

PDK boys are making bamboo banks to help raise support for PDK. The boys cut, chisel, and sand the bamboo. While Teresa paints the designs and then the boys varnish them.
We've started making candle holders as well.

Daisy

Daisy was a great pig!!!

Gardens gardens gardens

Cucumber Corner

This is our attempt at a hanging wall garden. We ran out of ground space so we decided to try hanging our gardens on our walls. We used rice sacks attached to a simple wooden frame supported with chain. The planting material is rice hull, sand, and soil. We are attempting to grow Pechay in these.

This is our squash bed

Okra patch...we've already transfered this bed and will create a talapia tank in this spot.

PDK animals!!!

Our chickens ...these are our 1st batch...we're already on our 2nd batch

Daisy and Dorothy our 1st pigs...Daisy is already in the refrigerator now, Dorothy will be at Christmas Dinner

Parakeets that we are hoping will breed and we can sell $10 a pair

Our rabbits...they are almost ready for breeding. We will eat the meat and sell them for $10 a pair

Ampalaya Garden

Amazing Ampalaya almost ready to harvest

After just a couple of weeks

Our start with Ampalaya

WHO will...???

Shots fire off. One. Two. Three. Screams are heard, a body flails. A boy is injured, bleeding, dying. A police officer is on the other side of the barrel. The kid. Should not have been there, should not have been doing that, should not be that. Stealing, fighting, vandalizing or just having dinner equals a shot to kill?

The bullet entered the chin and lodged deep next to the spinal column. Unable to speak, unable to react, struggling to just breathe he lay there alone. Who will speak for him?

The first hospital has no vacancies, the second hospital has no vacancies, the third hospital requires massive money just to enter the doors. Where does one get large amounts of money in the middle of the night? The fourth hospital has no vacancies and no doctor that could treat him anyway. Back to the previous hospital, finally with money in hand. It takes 30 minutes to get the boy inside. After a few simply tests it is determined that the boy is critical and must go to the next city for treatment. A five hour trip turns into 8 hours because we have no ambulance driver yet. Who will care for him?

The fifth hospital accepts the boy. But where are the doctors? With no staff available, the boy continues to struggle to breathe, blood continues to fill his neck and still he has no voice. Hundreds of patients no doctor no supplies. Who will see for him?

12 hours later…30 hours since that bullet smashed through his face…he is in surgery. 50/50 is what they say. The officials turn their heads. Who sees this life? Who will take action for this life?

For those who don’t know by now, Lawrence was shot by a drunk police officer in Butuan City February 13. He has undergone three surgeries so far with still one more additional life saving surgery needed. Please pray for Lawrence, for the Butuan City police department, and for the doctors who will be operating on Lawrence. Please also pray for the children still in the street.