Please visit the Compassion International sponsor page for another act of daring love. Or make a gift to the Global Food Crisis Fund.
On behalf of the forgotten children of the world – thank you.
I dare you to look
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Category Archives: Indonesia
Indonesian children: surviving on the street
Sundays. I’ve never been much for posting on Sunday, preferring to take a break from all things Internet related. But now I think a better use of this space on a Sunday is to point to a problem that we should be giving loads of attention and linkage.
Hence this video.
This is the link to sponsor a child through Compassion International. Or if Compassion International with it’s passionate Christian message isn’t your thing, I suspect there are plenty of other organizations helping Indonesia. Go find them and do something.
If you are wondering, “Why Indonesia?”, you can read about my connection to the country here and here.
What I’m reading: August 2008
A Year in the World (Journeys of a Passionate Traveler) by Francis Mayes. Heavy on the food and history descriptions. I’m still in the first few chapters (Spain) with Mayes; not the most exciting read.
I’m enjoying Tales of a Female Nomad (Living at Large in the World) by children’s book author Rita Golden Gelman. I would finish it if I could FIND THE BOOK. I hate it when I do this, put an object down somewhere in the house and lose it (is it lost or misplaced? I hope it’s not misplaced outside. It’s a library hardcover).
Tales reminds me of the Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love because both authors lived in Indonesia, by far the most exotic place I’ve ever lived. I like comparing my Indonesian experiences with other women. If you liked Eat, Pray, Love, you may like Tales of a Female Nomad. Tales isn’t a spiritual jouney like Eat, but there are spiritual elements to it.
While searching for Gelman’s book, I found this book. I started reading it months ago and – you guessed it – mislaid it. Maybe I’ll take Anytime Playdate (Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom) by Dade Hayes on vacation with me next month to finish it. I like the fact that it’s the baby’s Daddy who authored this look into children’s television.
These I took out of the library but have yet to start them:
Without Reservations (The Travels of an Independent Woman) by Alice Steinback
Almost French (Love and Life in Paris) by Sarah Turnbull
Nothing to Declare (Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone) by Mary Morris
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