If you want to know, watch.

I'm ashamed to say it, but I went through college thinking anti-abortion advocacy wasn't worth it. Sure, I'd advocate for a consistent ethic of life when it came to issues like war- but I didn't understand the scope and horror of the silent genocide going on in this world. I think I was just burnt on the anti-abortion advocates that were so hateful... they looked and sounded too much like the homophobic protesters and pharisaical "christians."

But, earlier this year, I was convicted about my apathy. No, I will not be hateful and attack the pre or post abortive mothers or the doctors and medical personnel performing the abortions, but I will speak out for life. I will advocate for the babies who are labeled "tissue" and then dismembered in the womb. I can no longer stand by and say nothing.

And, if you are a believer in Jesus who doesn't know where you stand on abortion because you've become wrapped up in the confusion and debate about when life begins, watch this video and consider, "Was a life killed in that womb?"



HERE is a story on the health bill that just passed in the House of Representatives in its relation to government funded abortions.

Woman Gets Saved - Leaves Planned Parenthood

I don't know much about this story- besides the video clip you can watch at the link below- but it excites me. :)

Take a look HERE.

These are just statistics until you remember their faces.

Sudan has high rates of preventable death in women and infants.  Some 26,000 women in Sudan – with a population of over 40 million – face death annually giving birth, UNICEF Representative Nils Kastberg said, compared to fewer than 10,000 maternal deaths per year in the entire Latin American and Caribbean region which is home to 550 million people.  The maternal deaths in Sudan are "preventable," he stressed. "It is a question of stopping the bleeding in time; it is a question of having the health staff where they should be; it is a question of health staff washing their hands; it is a question of women being close to a place where they can receive care that could save their lives at the moment of giving birth."  He also sounded the alarm on the deaths of 305,000 Sudanese children under the age of five every year due to preventable causes, with over one-third losing their lives in the first 28 days of life.  He further pointed out that while six million children are in school, nearly three million are not.  Mr. Kastberg said that he hopes that over the next three years, maternal and child mortality rates will be slashed by one-third through the provision of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and other measures, with school attendance jumping up by one-third. "Sudan, more than ever, needs peace," he underscored. With most of the world's violence caused by men and not women, he said, "I think we need a call to all Sudanese men to assume a greater responsibility of understanding how their actions cause harm to women and children and I hope that can make a huge difference." (UNICEF, 10/27/09)

(This report came from the Sudan Advocacy Action Forum. Check them out HERE.)

Dinner is served!

Sometimes, we get cow intestines for dinner.

Seriously. I'm not kidding. The innards of a cow.

The Sudanese call it comoniyah, and they love it.

GLORY! (It's a wall of fire!)

The Evolution of Dream Primary School
(You may know that Iris Ministries Sudan cares for 90 children at Yei Children's Village-
but did you know that IMS also educates 300 elementary students at Dream Primary School? We are starting a program for donors to sponsor children's education. Only 60 American Dollars funds one year of elementary education for a child in Dream Primary School!)

Once upon a time, the students of Dream Primary School met under trees.

Then, an amazing young construction manager named Chris came to visit and thought, "This will never do!"

So, Chris built school buildings.


But he didn't stop there!

Chris went the extra mile- building a school office...

... and a block of latrines!!!

Now, the students of Dream Primary School study in style!

(when their teachers show up, that is...)

We are so thankful for Chris and fabulous volunteers like him!

Michele with our small family of 90 children!
(click on the photo to see a close up of all their funny faces!)