Thursday, 31 October 2019
Monday, 28 October 2019
What's the Difference?
I recently read a haunting story called The Book Thief.
What Hitler and the German people accomplished in about 5 years, has taken Americans a little longer. Of course the murder of 6 million Jews didn’t just happen overnight, or all at once. There were the years leading up to the Holocaust where the children going to school were indoctrinated and brainwashed, so that when they grew up they would swallow the idea that destroyed millions of lives.
Young German children who were taught the wrong things grew up and their minds were darkened. Hitler didn’t succeed in his plan by himself - he had the majority of the nation backing him up. He couldn’t have done it alone.
In America, no individual is doing it alone either. Children are growing up being taught lies in school. “He has given them over…”
“Professing to be wise, they became fools.”
Enough children have made it through the system and become adults that they are accomplishing the same things (in a different way) that people in Germany managed to do.
The 6 million were murdered in a short period of 5 years. It has taken Americans longer, but they have murdered over 53 million. Or should I say we have?
Think about it. What is the real difference?
The Jews were killed in horrible ways? Yes, I am sure they suffered much more than our babies have. After all, they had to see family members and loved ones suffer and die right along with them. Our babies didn’t have to go through that. But they are all souls and they were all killed. For some it was painful; physically and emotionally. Perhaps for some it wasn’t.
But what is the real difference?
In our capital, we have a museum dedicated to the Holocaust; it’s victims and survivors. Why do we have this? So we can remember. So we will never stand by and let it be repeated.
But isn’t that exactly what we are doing? How many blinded people go to look at history in the Holocaust museum in D.C. each year?
And what do they think about it when they have seen the evidence?
Sad. Wrong. Heartbreaking. Should never be repeated.
But it is.
If that was wrong, why isn’t this? What’s the difference?
What Hitler and the German people accomplished in about 5 years, has taken Americans a little longer. Of course the murder of 6 million Jews didn’t just happen overnight, or all at once. There were the years leading up to the Holocaust where the children going to school were indoctrinated and brainwashed, so that when they grew up they would swallow the idea that destroyed millions of lives.
Young German children who were taught the wrong things grew up and their minds were darkened. Hitler didn’t succeed in his plan by himself - he had the majority of the nation backing him up. He couldn’t have done it alone.
In America, no individual is doing it alone either. Children are growing up being taught lies in school. “He has given them over…”
“Professing to be wise, they became fools.”
Enough children have made it through the system and become adults that they are accomplishing the same things (in a different way) that people in Germany managed to do.
The 6 million were murdered in a short period of 5 years. It has taken Americans longer, but they have murdered over 53 million. Or should I say we have?
Think about it. What is the real difference?
The Jews were killed in horrible ways? Yes, I am sure they suffered much more than our babies have. After all, they had to see family members and loved ones suffer and die right along with them. Our babies didn’t have to go through that. But they are all souls and they were all killed. For some it was painful; physically and emotionally. Perhaps for some it wasn’t.
But what is the real difference?
In our capital, we have a museum dedicated to the Holocaust; it’s victims and survivors. Why do we have this? So we can remember. So we will never stand by and let it be repeated.
But isn’t that exactly what we are doing? How many blinded people go to look at history in the Holocaust museum in D.C. each year?
And what do they think about it when they have seen the evidence?
Sad. Wrong. Heartbreaking. Should never be repeated.
But it is.
If that was wrong, why isn’t this? What’s the difference?
Friday, 25 October 2019
Monday, 21 October 2019
Cinnamon Rolls
We have been doing some baking.
A charcoal stove outdoors and a large pot filled with rocks makes a decent oven.
After our second attempt, we perfected cinnamon rolls so now I am ready for the Christmas tradition of cinnamon rolls and scrambled eggs, just like my mother.
We made granola too!
Friday, 18 October 2019
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Thursday, 3 October 2019
Baby Mo Makes Her Appearance
On October 1st, at 7:48am we welcomed our daughter Molly Amourai into the world.
6 lbs 5 oz
19 inches
LOTS of beautiful hair
Everything went so well. We are excited and thankful and full of joy. I am reminded of the verse I often thought of when we first got married, and it comes to mind again today…
“The Lord has done great things for us and we are glad.”
Chickens
Orcxance bought some chickens for us. I am very happy about this! We can’t manage goats here in town, otherwise he probably would have gotten me goats too. But our little yard is just right for a few chickens, and now we will have eggs!
The hen laid one the very first day. I was impressed seeing has her feet had been tied together, it had been a stressful day for her, and there was a very hard rain. The chickens are tough just like the people.
The chickens have made up for my great animal loss when I left Impfondo. I had asked my neighbor to please give my chickens to Orcxance so he could leave them with my sister-in-law along with our goats, but she refused and instead sold every last one of them. She got a good price for them too, I might add.
I had about 10 chickens, 4 ducks, 2 guinea fowl and 3 goats. We only managed to save the goats and the guinea fowl.
But now we have chickens again. They haven’t been stolen or eaten by dogs yet. So far so good.
The hen laid one the very first day. I was impressed seeing has her feet had been tied together, it had been a stressful day for her, and there was a very hard rain. The chickens are tough just like the people.
The chickens have made up for my great animal loss when I left Impfondo. I had asked my neighbor to please give my chickens to Orcxance so he could leave them with my sister-in-law along with our goats, but she refused and instead sold every last one of them. She got a good price for them too, I might add.
I had about 10 chickens, 4 ducks, 2 guinea fowl and 3 goats. We only managed to save the goats and the guinea fowl.
But now we have chickens again. They haven’t been stolen or eaten by dogs yet. So far so good.
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
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