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Written 14.02.2017 13:22 under Archive

Dear Friends,
 
I have not been back in Tanzania for a month and distributed food relief among the Maasai.

Last week I was in Mswakini for the first time since the beginning of December.

 

I was totally chocked over what I saw for everywhere I looked there were dead animals. The stench of dead animals hung in my nose even hours after returning home and I was almost in chock. My heart cried for this people that are living such hard lives. We drove past the lake which was empty and they desperately tried do dig for water in the bottom of the lake in the hope that they would find a little water for their animals. It hurt my heart to see and I could hardly bear it. p>
 
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We are really in need of your prayers for rain. It is a huge need that the rain comes nice evenly and quietly over a long period of time so they can once again get a harvest, grass for their cattle and water. THANK YOU that you will support us in this prayer.

 

We will continue our work among the maasai in these 3 different areas with food distribution and the pastor for our church here in Tanzania has also asked for help to distribute maize in the hardest hit outposts of his.
People are dying out there especially old and newborn being breast feed as many mothers are so famine that they do not have enough milk for their babies. It is so terrible and you feel so helpless in such a situation.

 

We would like to collect money for maize to help these poor people.
If you would like to support us brining out food relief, you can do it on on the following:
IBAN Account: DK 7097 1207 4179 3075
Swift/Bic code: JYSPDK2G
Please mark it: Bjerres Mission.
 
 
Thanks for your prayers
Mirjam

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    [post_content] =>  En masaipige ved navn Ruth Lucas, som går i Form 4 (Secondary school), bor sammen med sin mor og mormor her i Arusha. A Maasai girl by the name of Ruth Lucas who is in Form 4 (secondary school) lives with her mother and grandmother in Arusha. 
Faderen er forsvundet, og de har ingen kontakt haft med ham i flere år. Ruth er meget dygtig i skolen. Skolen, hun går på, har sponsoreret hendes skolegang, da de er så fattige. Af forskellige årsager er hendes skole netop blevet lukket, og Ruth har skullet ud og finde en anden skole.
 
Moderen har ikke råd til at sende Ruth i en anden skole. Ruths bedstefar, som er masai, vil have Ruth tilbage til masailandet. Han mener, at en pige ikke skal tage en uddannelse, men i stedet følge masaiernes tradition for piger: at blive gift. Masaierne mener, at kun drengene skal have en uddannelse.
 
Ruths mor fortalte, at Ruths morfar havde fået et tilbud fra en ældre, velhavende masai, der vil betale en meget stor brudepris i form af mange køer for at få Ruth. Ruth har været helt utrøstelig, for hun ønsker at fortsætte sin skolegang, få en uddannelse og selv vælge sin mand, når den tid kommer. Derfor kom moderen og Ruth til vores kontor for at bede om hjælp.
 
I tro sendte vi Ruth på en god, kristen skole, hvor hun er meget glad for at være.
 
Vi har fået en sponsor, der vil gøre hendes Form 4 færdig. Men Ruth ønsker at forsætte yderligere to år, så hun afslutter med en studentereksamen. Hvis der er nogen, som gerne vil hjælpe hende videre, så skriv til os eller send en gave til vores missionskonto. Pengene skal øremærkes ”Ruth”.
 




 The father disappeared and they have had no contact with him for several years. Ruth is a bright girl in school. Her school decided to sponsor her schooling because they are really poor. For various reasons the school recently shut down and Ruth had to find another school.
 
The mother cannot afford to send Ruth to another school. Ruth’s grandfather is a Maasai and he wants to have her back in Maasai land. He does not want a girl to get eductaed, but instead follow the Maasai traditions for girls: to be married. Maasais think that only boys should get educated.
 
Ruth’s mother told me that Ruth’s grandfather had received an offer from an elderly, wealthy Maasai who wanted to pay a very large dowry in the form of many cows in order to marry Ruth. Ruth had been desperate because she wanted to stay in school, get her education and choose her husband when the time was ripe. For this reason the mother and Ruth came to our office asking for help.
 
We trusted God and sent Ruth to a good, Christian school where she is thriving.
 
We received a sponsor who will support her until Form 4 is completed. But Ruth wishes to continue for another two years and graduate from High School. If any of you would like to support Ruth for a few more years please write us or send a gift to our missions account. Please earmark it “Ruth”.
 


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