Mike and Taylor - Sibiu, Romania Sept 2009

Prayer at New Beginnings house of prayer (house church)

Oktoberfest- Munich, Germany ( the men had a layover on the return flight

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Life with Sergiu and Roxana....and Mike!

New Beginnings and Liber In Isus. Sergiu leads worship at both

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Taylor teaching- Roxana translating. I included the blurry one so you could see Taylor was actually laughing and smiling and enjoying himself while blessing the others. (we're so proud of him!)

KC dancing (with Christy Rauwerda) to Orphans of God song

Link to view the dance.

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=28331ba18f4f6db8bcf8

Taylor posted this for them.

Enjoy!

Sibiu, Romania April 2009

The last night of the mission- the "meeting after the meeting"...and as we worshipped , waited on the Lord and prophesied, Roxana felt the Lord direct her to anoint me with oil for this new season, until the oil drips all over me. What followed was powerful and holy.

The old city walls still stand in parts of Sibiu. These walls surrounded the city at one time and kept it form being overtaken by invading forces. There are watch towers several places along the wall and also throughout the city that still remain. We went there to pray at the city gates and bind the enemy territorial spirits and loose God's angelic host. We did this strategically and only as the Lord directed.

Judy at the city gate with the shofar. She blasted it several times as we prayed! Some extremely significant and prophetic work was done there that day. We pray God gives us increased revelation to fully understand it all.

Judy and Jen finding their Easter treasure hunt bags! Roxana and Claudia gave us an Easter Treasure hunt since we were away form our homes and families on our Easter Day (Romania celebrates Easter a week after us in line with the Orthodox calendar)

Tracee and Roxana during one of the Liber In Isus school sessions. Tracee was a phenomenal asset to our team and to me personally. Everyone there benefitted so much from her heart and teachings.

LIBER IN ISUS- Year ONE! (Sergiu is missing from photo!)

NEW BEGINNINGS HOUSE OF PRAYER- Sunday morning at Carmen's home. Wow- this was a sweet sweet gathering. God truly is doing something ...and....I have NEVER seen Carmen happier in all the time I've known her. This is a new church gathering and The Truth Ministries will be giving apostolic oversight.

OUR TEAM! Judy, Eileen, Carmen, Tracee and Jen

Easter Sunday we went for a drive in the beautiful villages adn mountains. Here, Judy and I pose for a quick photo after taking in the awesome and peaceful view at the summit.

This is my favorite shot of the mission trip- whoeevr captured this moment- thank you. This was during the "oil" portion of the night (smile). I just love this shot. It captures my heart.

Photos for now- Details to follow....

This was taken at the Inn we stayed at in Dusseldorf, Germany. We had an overnight on our way home. I would recommend this place to anyone along with the Italian restaurant downt he street. We had such a fun time together...English speaking Americans who were just immersed in Romanian, now in GErmany at an Italian speaking restaurant! Too funny! Thankfully laughter nad joy is universala nd we had a great meal and great time! We left the next morning (shown here) to head back to Chicago.

Doing "The Monkees" (for those old enough to remember) crazy leg walk down the streets of downtown Sibiu with Roxana. We enjoyed a day of shopping and sightseeing as Romania celebrated a National holiday comparable to our 4th of July.

Inside the ORthodox church in downtown Sibiu. Beautiful huh? Not necessarily a "warm feeling" but downright breathtaking.

Taylor finds pizza! Our pizza boy is happy and excited to try pizza wherever he goes. Thankfully, the Romania pizza gets his stamp of approval! What's fun is everyone gets their own pizza! HE definitely liked that!

Rox and KC midway up the old tower. This was cool.

A view from the top of the tower. Of course the tower has some major historical significance, but I've forgotten it all. Sorry :(

KC, Carmen (our awesome amazing Romanian team leader and our host), me and Mike

This was one of the most awesome moments...and unexpected...God's hand all over it. This is us praying over one of the pastors and his family in his home. This pastor wants our continued help and we look forward to it. Their hearts are so humble and beautiful.

Talking through stuff and finding unity in Christ. (these pictures are all in reverse order)

Lois, the new addition since my last visit! Lois, Maria (the pastor's wife) and me outside their church.

KC and Taylor ministered to the kids by reading a story about the Legend of the Candy Cane and telling the story of Jesus. They handed out LOTS of candy to each child along with candy canes. Each child also got to choose a small beanie baby toy or gloves form those that were donated form people back here at home. It was wonderful and they were so happy and blessed! Many had never received a candy cane before!

Carmen's internet cafe....or internet garden...yes, that's a real lemon tree behind Taylor. An exciting upgrade for Carmne is that she now has internet and a laptop! Thanks to Liz in Texas for keeping us all connected!

Some of our family in Sibiu...Roxana, me, KC, Claudia and Lavinia. We love you!

Happy to have her candy, a little Romanian cutie!

KC and "Mommy" (Emily)- always spreading the joy and up for anything!

"Mommy", Carmen and me in Carmen's kitchen.

You'd never know it but we are up in the mountains of Sibiu. Finally another FAMILY missions photo. It's been a while!

Our smiley Taylor starts assembling some of the candy canes and tags for the children's meetings. Taylor says he'd definitely go back to Romania....only next time he'd like to do it over Summer break so as not to miss any school. Sounds fine to me!

Out with "the guys". With Mike and Taylor there, more ministry doors opened up. Especially awesome was this "in" with the young men. They are really wanting some direction and role models and also to have fun! They "kidnapped" Taylor and Mike one day and took them off to a soccer tourney and to see the sights. Mike almost ended up playing goalie but was saved at the last minute! Sergiu is one of our favorite young men and he and Mike and Taylor all really bonded. We look forward to what is to come for all of these young adults!

Mike, Carmen and Carmen's brother,Florian, prepare a traditional American Thanksgiving for all of us. Very fun and delightful day!

You're Invited!

Sunday Dec 7th we will be blessed by the ministry and worship of Gary and Nancy Szymik! We'll meet at our usual time of 6:30 and go as long as the Lord leads. YOu need to rsvp to us at prayhard@tds.net if you plan to come. It is free but please come prepared with an offering to help us bless Gary and his family. You are welcome to invite others! Gary has traveled all over the U.S. and personally is my favorite worship leader- to use a "generic title"- but he and his wife are so much more than that! Come and see for yourself and be blessed! (photos form a previous worship night a few years ago)

Heading Back to Romania- another "land that I love"

As many of you know, I have come to call Romania (at least portions of it) my Psalm 23 land! It's hard to describe the peace and love I feel when I am there. Maybe some of the peace will transfer over to "restore your soul" as you even just view these.

Fun Ministry Nights with God's family!

Just a few snapshots from a Sunday night "Eagle's Next" gathering

We've been having such a great time on Sunday nights! It's so wonderfully awesome to be able to just praise our wonderful God and Savior and enjoy each other's giftings and company. Growing in our love for God and our ability to receive His love, growing in our understanding of His word....growing in our understanding of who we are in Christ- it' s all really beautiful and we are so blessed!

prayer for Todd Bentley

Writing this today I just want to ask those of you who feel led to, to pray for Todd Bentley and his wife. Regardless of how you may personally feel about his ministry style, the revival, etc...I want to plead the case with you that they are still people, Christians, and they need our prayers. I am writing this assuming that most of you have heard the recent news of their marriage problems and current separation. Again, I want to implore you to believe the best about what God can do- I want to ask you to pray for our brother and sister and their family. I want us to believe the best for them. I'm not suggesting we lay aside discernment or Biblical parameters, of course not, I'm just saying this is a situation where LOVE is really needed. Would you join us in praying for them and all other Christian marriages that need God's help? (that would be EVERY marriage wouldn't it ?)

Would you also wait and see what God does through all of this. I see no need to criticize and trash the entire "outpouring" that God has been doing. I see no reason to take the current failings of one man and jump to a blanket statement that God was not in any of it. These are just my thoughts. I think we are wise to just wait and pray and let God reveal things and lead us all. I certainly believe God was moving in these meetings. I also believe there was some stuff that needed to be sifted out. To me, with any new move of God, it takes a while to properly assess it. I still think time is needed to see the heart of what God is doing down there and throughout the world.

Earlier on this blog site (Friday May 16th)- back at the beginning of the Florida revival- I wrote some other comments. I think they still hold true today.

My heart is just filled with love from a God who LOVES us so much. And I think it's time we walk in it and pour it out as a beautiful healing balm on all who will receive it. God can deal with all people about anything and everything- only He truly knows the condition of the heart- we , in the meantime, can LOVE them and pray God's best for them.

Gales Point Belize Flooding Update

As many of you know from the previous posts- Gales Point was one of the worst areas hit during the recent tropical storms in Belize. Noone expected that it would bring this much flooding and damage. The good news is that relief aid is getting to the people and the water is beginning to recede. Having been there many times though, I still cannot imagine all the work that will need to be done now and all the continued aid they will need. As far as I can tell they are still isolated, as the bridges in both directions are out. I know that helicopters have been flying in food and that the fresh water supply has been restored- so we praise God for that and continue to pray for them. Below is a story that was run in the local paper. It's kind of weird for us when we know ALL of these people- almost the whole village.

Gales Point is the only community in the Belize District that’s been declared a disaster area. But so far we’ve only seen it from a helicopter and though it looks battered, that image is still too neat. Today Keith Swift and Alex Ellis went there with the Coast Guard. They are just back a few minutes ago and they found that Gales Point is ground zero for flood relief – they told Keith Swift stories of unprecedented floods, worse than Hattie.

Keith Swift Reporting,
I am walking on the main road in Gales Point. Normally it separates the two lagoons but now the water is knee deep and instead of two, there is now just one big lagoon.

Gales Point Resident #1,
“The water swept right through my house. When we woke up the morning I told my grandson and my girlfriend that water was in the house and what will we do. When I opened the door and looked out there, there was water all over.”

Gales Point Resident #2,
“From my house down that way, coming all the way here water was to my chest running strong. I hollered for Karen upstairs and when she jumped up she said oh my God what happened. There was water from here to the community center.”

We found most of Gales Point’s 400 villagers at the government school awaiting basic food supplies such as rice and beans. There are reportedly 59 villagers staying at the community center. So the number one problem here in Gales Point isn’t really food because that is trickling in. The problem is that most residents have no where to stay.

Gales Point Resident #3,
“Right now I will stay in the community center like three more days along with my mom and father. Right now everything is destroyed in the house. My stove, my chair, clothing – all the things like m fowl, my duck are destroyed.”

Village Chairlady,
“Well the situation is rough rough rough because almost every house got managed inside the village and a lot of the houses are flooded out. Water caught me personal to my waist inside my kitchen and I know several people got damaged like the crops and the poultry. Me alone I suffer almost 100 layers which I had inside my place and all of them drowned. So I know people have other things.”

Gales Point Resident #4,
“I am 81 and I have never seen something like this. My father died and went and he didn’t experience this. Hurricanes, all the hurricanes come and thing but nothing like this destruction.”

Gales Point Resident #5,
“We were expecting a little high water but not this bad because this is the first time from I know myself that I see this water. Hurricane Hattie passed through and this is the first time.”

MINISTRY NIGHTS!

These pictures should speak for themselves! Whata n awesome three nights/days of worship/teaching and healing! Several people were fully healed and many others saw huge improvements and the healing continues! A special thanks to all who came and contributed (by their presence and giftings and willingness to be used by God!). Spcial blessings also to Steve Trullinger and his ministry! It was a Holy Sprit blast and very refreshing for all of us! What is happening in the natural with all the floods- may it CONTINUE to break forth in the Spirit!

Mike and I and The Truth Ministry are going to be opening our homes on Sunday evenings to continue to allow God to do what he wants to do in each of our lives! If youa re interested in these nights and when they are happening and youa re not already on our email list- send us an email at prayhard@tds.net so we can add you.

Before and After

Gales Point before...

Gales Point after...

Tropical Storm Wreaks Havoc in Gales Point and Belize

Two tropical storms hit Belize days ago to cause more flooding and more damage than any hurricane has caused. I heard it being reported as the worst natural disaster for Belize in recent history. Many are stranded, some have died others have been relocated. All the rice fields have been washed out and apparently food supply is very low. As for Gales Point, this small village was one of the worst hit. Because ti is only inches above "lagoon/sea level" as the waters rose and rain fell, the land basically became engulfed into the sea/lagoon. I was trying to post an aerial photo on here of what it normally looks like and what it looked like Monday- but I'm not sure I can get it up.

Below I have photos sent from Mandy, one of the school teachers who is serving down there and lives at the base with Basil and Vera. The first one is the "backyard" of the mission base.



This photo is of the path between the lagoon and the mission base (the path you need to travel to get to the boat to get to the base) Some of you avid supporters may remmeber seeing Mike and I wade thru this path on one of our previous trips. For us, it was about mid calve in depth....this time, it came up to Mandy's shoulders...that'd be about 5 feet.

The end of the path where it meets the lagoon. This was taken on Sunday- before the previous photo. Here, Carol and Mandy begin their hike back to the base.

Vera has told me that many of the villagers are unable to live in their homes at this time. They are staying in the church or the hurricane shelter until they can leave. I read on my own that the government does have boats stationed in the lagoon to evacuate people should there be another swell. I haven't verified if this is true or not, but I assume it is. Until we know more, the best thing we can do is pray. If you want to send support to help aid in providing food and clothing and blankets, please email us at prayhard@tds.net and we'll let you know where to send it.

Belize 2008 report

Hi Everyone- (note: the photos are in no particular order)

Well, I returned late last night from a simply amazing and wonderful trip to Belize! God certainly blew us away with all that He brought forth. I want to thank all of you who prayed for me and have supported us in our ministry! It is always so evident to me that I am just one small part of the Body and that always makes me feel humbled, blessed and confident in the part that I am called to do, knowing others are faithful to do their parts as well!

(Nellie and Briana, two of the village girls, pose for a photo for us. They were our pals!)

(Christy shares part of her testimony at the Spanish Church )

We arrived to Belize with no problems and got settled in and then headed off to the church where we would be sharing with what we thought was going to be a small group of women. As it turned out, God brought 150 women to the meeting! After about 45 minutes of outstanding worship in Spanish and English (by their own worship team) Christy got up to say hello and share a short testimony of how God has been working in her life. I then got up and preached for about an hour with a translator on how God was restoring HOPE tonight and the amazing plans and purposes He has for each woman there. I also prophesied about several pictures the Lord had given me for them and the pastor got up to confirm all these things when I was done. The response was incredible and the night ended with a very emotional and Spirit filled time of prayer. As for me and Christy- all we could do is laugh and shake our heads in amazement! God is so good! Here we were expecting maybe 10-15 women...but God had other plans!

(Christy dances to "Faithful Father" at the women's retreat. Beautiful!)

(The leadership team of Vera, Christy, Eileen and well, yeah, we can include Basil too! haha)

The next day we headed down to Gales Point Village and to the mission base to prepare for the women’s retreat. For perhaps the first time ever, we got down there relatively obstacle free and then loaded up the boat to cross over to the base. Once at the base we settled in and began to go over the details of the next few days’ conference.

(Amazing what a shower can do! Eating out on our last evening in Belize. Christy, Vera nd I are joined by Dr. Gerhaldine Hidalgo- our host in Belize City)

(150 women gather and pray at the end of our meeting in Belize City Spanish church)

The women arrived to the base on Friday. Vera had already prepared all the cabanas and bunks for them and had placed gift baskets (that were prepared by Dr. Gerhaldine whom we stayed with in Belize City) on each ladies bed. She also had folders for each woman with all the song lyrics and notes for each session along with other little goodies. These special touches helped to show the women that God really loves them and that they are valuable and worthy of His love. The mood was friendly and united from the start although the women all seemed to still have a certain “mask” they were hiding behind. (This is typical of all the villagers- they almost seem to have this straight kind of glazed face no matter what you are talking about, etc) Our goal was that God would remove this mask, reveal His love to them and that the “switch” inside of them would be flipped and we would see life and light in their eyes! Praise be to God this was accomplished in Christ over the next few days!!!!!

(Okay, yeah, I'm on a church bench preaching- what can I say- I get a little excited!)

(me and one of the cuties from Gerhaldine's church)

The theme of the conference was Faithful Father and we specifically only invited those women that had been coming to Vera’s Bible study regularly. We knew this would be a small group of women but felt these were the women God was wanting to gather, break free, empower with the Holy Spirit and train up. I think we ended up with somewhere between 12-15 village women, young and old.

(getting to the base...there's only one way...by boat!)

Christy led worship each day, sometimes several times a day. Vera took care of all the administrative and audiovisual components as well as general “hosting”, another woman Carol who is a gifted intercessor surrounded the whole weekend in continual prayer and I just sat back and did nothing- HAHA- not quite. Actually, Christy also taught and danced and shared her testimony and prayed for women and prophesied over some. Vera also taught, and shared her testimony and prayed for the women and prophesied as well! I myself taught a lot of the sessions and led the women on the last night in the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I went to great lengths to really seek God’s heart on this and how to present it. I knew I would need a unique yet Biblically solid delivery in order to reach these women and also make it clear what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit. A couple hours before I was to teach, I still did not feel I had “the word of the Lord”. But then minutes later, as we were back in the chapel, something just clicked and I knew exactly how to proceed. By the end of the teaching I asked whoever wanted to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit to just come up and ALL TOGETHER at the same time, everyone stood up and walked forward! THIS WAS TRULY AMAZING AND ONLY GOD! We then prayed and the Spirit fell upon us all, all but 2-3 of the women began to pray in tongues almost immediately, some reported feeling like they were going to float away or fall over, others had a cool refreshing from their head to their toes, others felt warmth and heat thru their body, others felt strengthening...many were crying with tears that you knew came from being able to receive God’s love.

(the Gales Point Women's Conference 2008 attendees!)

The switch was flipped! These women were CHANGED! I ended up on the floor and pretty “drunk” to be honest. I was just so blessed, so honored to be used by God in this way...to be the one who He chose to play this small little role in all the other things that He has been working together in this village. I felt a “well done” from Him to us and all I could do was just lay in His presence and “be”. That night when we left the chapel (well, everyone else had left, I was still on the floor and Christy was kneeling down too), Vera came and told us that we have to come see the sky. The whole sky was lit up with a symphony of lightening. It was their first “electrical sky show” of the year. We couldn’t help but feel the wonder and hand of God in it all. HE was confirming and revealing Himself even more.

(Worship on our last morning )

So as we looked back on all that happened the next evening, we couldn’t really even think of how we could possibly improve upon it. God was ever present and He truly had gone before us preparing the way. Basil and Vera have been ministering in this village for 6 plus years. They have sown many seeds and opened many doors. This past 9 months, two young couples came to village and transformed many of the young people’s lives by beginning Bible studies and doing youth groups and really just preaching Christ in a relevant way. They planted many seeds too which they never could have done without Vera and Basil going before them. Then we had the privilege to come down and do the first women’s retreat and see all the women baptized and empowered with the Holy Spirit and have a new level of understanding of God’s love and that they are valued. We never would have been able to do that without all the preparation that the young couples had recently done. So it was just so neat to see ALL THINGS working together for the good of those who love God. I felt like we were just a small, but important part, of all that He is wanting to do.

I’m glad that we waited on the Lord for when we should return and I’m glad we obeyed when we heard His call now! Thanks again for sending us!

To God be the glory- forever and ever- AMEN!

Love-Eileen and family

Living the Christian Life

Just felt like posting some maybe obvious things on here today. Also want to give my take on those things. We are living in some interesting times to say the least. Lately there have been a number of "attention getting happenings" (that's not meant in a negative way) that have indeed gotten our attention. Whether it is the cyclone that hit Myanmar and all the subsequent devastation and millions (yes millions) of homeless and affected people, or Oprah's new teachings and mass audience hypnotism and past life regression, or the earthquake in China and all the subsequent devastation or the healing meetings in Florida with Todd Bentley- people ARE talking.

So what do I want to add to the conversation.

I guess I just want to add that whatever we do, do it in love.
Whatever we think, think it in love.

Yes, we know the end times are here or near or however you want to phrase it- we know the Bible tells us these disasters will occur, false teaching will occur and many other things. It doesn't say that right teaching will cease though. It doesn't say that God will stop being God or we should stop carrying out the commands He has given us. So we need to be careful when we are quick to respond from our flesh without first praying or even waiting for a season and watching.

The Bible also tells us to let the tares grow along side the wheat- should we try to seperate them too soon we will pull out good and leave bad. The parable of the fish also teaches us that the fish shouldn't separate the fish- God will handle that Himself. Whether it is true teaching or false teaching, whether it is a natural disaster across the globe or a needy family in your block, let's all remember to clothe ourselves in love and ask God how we are to respond to each thing. And then, when we hear Him, let's obey.

I could tell you how I personally feel about all of these things and it may be exactly what you think or it may totally surprise you- but I'd rather let you just talk to God about it.
Because really, He is the one you need to listen to and so do I.

So why even post this post? Well, just to let you know we're thinking about it all. We are watching it all. We are praying about it all. And we are doing our best to follow God and how we feel Him leading us in it all. We're also trying to learn from all that is going on around us. I feel there are so many lessons we can learn (individually tailored for each of us) if we are opent o letting God show us new things.

I do think everything should be examined against scripture. Not culture, not tradition, not religion, not politics but scripture. I think some things are what they seem and some are not. I think some things that seem fake are real and some that seem real are fake. And I think some things contain both fake and real. I think this is what Jesus taught us in His word. We CAN judge, we CAN discern and we CAN ask for God's help to lead us and give us wisdom...we just also need to stay humble through it all realizing we may be throwing out or pulling up a perfectly good fish or a perfectly rooted wheat stalk. In some of these things, only God knows for sure...and thank God He is the one who will decide.

Well- that's all - my love to all who read this :) Eileen

Something to Consider

Just thought these two items worthy of posting for your consideration. Very different, but both important to us as ambassadors of Christ.

***ITEM No. 1****

Mar 08, 2008 04:30 AM Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter
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Here are 10 of the worst countries in the world to be a woman today:

• Afghanistan: The average Afghan girl will live to only 45 – one year less than an Afghan male. After three decades of war and religion-based repression, an overwhelming number of women are illiterate. More than half of all brides are under 16, and one woman dies in childbirth every half hour. Domestic violence is so common that 87 per cent of women admit to experiencing it. But more than one million widows are on the streets, often forced into prostitution. Afghanistan is the only country in which the female suicide rate is higher than that of males.

• Democratic Republic of Congo: In the eastern DRC, a war that claimed more than 3 million lives has ignited again, with women on the front line. Rapes are so brutal and systematic that UN investigators have called them unprecedented. Many victims die; others are infected with HIV and left to look after children alone. Foraging for food and water exposes women to yet more violence. Without money, transport or connections, they have no way of escape.

• Iraq: The U.S.-led invasion to "liberate" Iraq from Saddam Hussein has imprisoned women in an inferno of sectarian violence that targets women and girls. The literacy rate, once the highest in the Arab world, is now among the lowest as families fear risking kidnapping and rape by sending girls to school. Women who once went out to work stay home. Meanwhile, more than 1 million women have been displaced from their homes, and millions more are unable to earn enough to eat.

• Nepal: Early marriage and childbirth exhaust the country's malnourished women, and one in 24 will die in pregnancy or childbirth. Daughters who aren't married off may be sold to traffickers before they reach their teens. Widows face extreme abuse and discrimination if they're labelled bokshi, meaning witches. A low-level civil war between government and Maoist rebels has forced rural women into guerrilla groups.

• Sudan: While Sudanese women have made strides under reformed laws, the plight of those in Darfur, in western Sudan, has worsened. Abduction, rape or forced displacement have destroyed more than 1 million women's lives since 2003. The janjaweed militias have used systematic rape as a demographic weapon, but access to justice is almost impossible for the female victims of violence.

• Other countries in which women's lives are significantly worse than men's include Guatemala, where an impoverished female underclass faces domestic violence, rape and the second-highest rate of HIV/AIDS after sub-Saharan Africa. An epidemic of gruesome unsolved murders has left hundreds of women dead, some of their bodies left with hate messages.

In Mali, one of the world's poorest countries, few women escape the torture of genital mutilation, many are forced into early marriages, and one in 10 dies in pregnancy or childbirth.

In the tribal border areas of Pakistan, women are gang-raped as punishment for men's crimes. But honour killing is more widespread, and a renewed wave of religious extremism is targeting female politicians, human rights workers and lawyers.

In oil-rich Saudi Arabia, women are treated as lifelong dependents, under the guardianship of a male relative. Deprived of the right to drive a car or mix with men publicly, they are confined to strictly segregated lives on pain of severe punishment.

In the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a vicious civil war has put women, who were the traditional mainstay of the family, under attack. In a society that has broken down, women are exposed daily to rape, dangerously poor health care for pregnancy, and attack by armed gangs.

"While the potential of women is recognized at the international level," says World Health Organization director-general Margaret Chan, "this potential will not be realized until conditions improve – often dramatically – in countries and communities. Too many complex factors, often rooted in social and cultural norms, continue to hinder the ability of women and girls to achieve their potential and benefit from social advances."

***Item No. 2****

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2DMSNUkLJo

This link should direct you to a You Tube video called "Oprah's Church Exposed". You can decide for yourself what you feel, believe, think, follow. As for me and myhouse, we will serve the Lord! And that means JESUS CHRIST- the ONLY way!