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Marji "Mike" Kruger

Saying Good Bye

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The team heads home on Friday. I have a couple of days off, then head back to Lesotho for the week.

It was a tearful farewell to some of the children on Wednesday. But before the good byes, there was lots of laughter, singing…and of course, games! The team has gotten the closest to these children. Our short visit was filled with singing, laughter, and games. The relay races were a huge hit with even the women participating.

Lesotho children


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Adorable Little Ones

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We visited a pre-school yesterday. The children were precious. We were greeted with warm smiles, hugs, and a few confused faces.

They sang for us. We played games with them. Then received their new jackets.

Volunteers run the pre-school giving back to the community by caring for the ones who otherwise would have no where else to go.


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The Marvel of Technology

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Thanks to a satellite card and patient children, we were able to skype with kids in the US from Lesotho. I couldn’t see, but could hear, the reactions from the US kids as they saw in real time, their Lesotho friends. Hopefully it is the beginning of a long friendship between the next generation of Lesotho and the USA!

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Great Day in Mafeteng

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We had a great day today in Mafeteng, a village in the foothills where we began a ministry during the last visit to Lesotho. We started the day early and travelled 2 hours. We went through the lowlands enjoying the beautiful landscape.

We were greeted by the women of the village followed by a steady stream of children. When the bubbles came out, I think the women enjoyed it the most. I got a real kick out of watching adult women chase after bubbles trying to catch them. Adults becoming children and forgetting the cares of the world for a short while!

The neediest children received shoes and blankets. Others received clothing that was donated from Sarasota. Families received seeds for gardens from Hope Seeds (Bradenton, FL). But, the most treasured gifts were the Sesotho Bibles. Some traded their seeds for a Bible. What a joy it is to see such hunger for the Word of God!

Thank you for your prayers,
Mike

Pictures from Mafeteng…

Read about Anchor Your Life’s previous trips to Lesotho.

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Never Too Far Away

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As for how we spend our time after a long day…well, we’re never too far away from laptops. Everyone has been great with pitching in to get pictures ready…deleting, sorting, editing, and printing. The people love having copies of their own picture. So we are working hard to get pictures to the children…resize pictures for the blog…and facebook photos uploaded. We should have more up tomorrow.

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School Visit

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One of my favorite visits while we’re in Lesotho is to a primary school. The school in a poor village in Maseru. It’s the same school that we have visited since 2007.

Here are my thoughts from the last trip to the school…

Helping the needyUpon our arrival in the car we were swarmed by it seemed like 100’s of children. I think I now know what it’s like to be a celebrity! The children were all chanting and screaming they were so excited to see us.

We were told that they remembered us from previous years.

The distribution of clothing and other items went very smoothly. Emily and Julia, our friends from Ackerman’s store, along with Me’ Rose, helped us shop and coordinated the day.

Helping the childrenI’m guessing that 300 plus children gathered in the church (can you imagine a church on public school property in the US?!?) along with their teachers,

the principal, the chief of the village and the Lesotho TV station film crew.

Julia did an invocation and introduction in Sesotho before having me (Mike) speak as well as pray for the children. Everyone of them knew we were there to share the love of Christ in tangible ways.

Lesotho children

Then 1 by 1 beginning with the youngest, the children came up to receive their shoes, clothes, etc. You couldn’t believe their faces…smiles everywhere! They immediately put their new treasures on.

The needs are so great…we are praying that by touching lives individually that 1 by 1 we will point them to Jesus.

I can’t wait to see the kids this year’s 2010 visit to Lesotho!

Anchor Your Life helping the needy children

Lesotho Children

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