LAHASH BLOG
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Donations Needed for IWASSRU
We received a letter from Susan Tabia of IWASSRU requesting additional funding in order to make sure their school fees, food fees, as well as electricity and water are paid and their needs are met. Due to rising costs in the marketplace, the orphanage has had to purchase food on credit, leading to difficulty in meeting the needs of the day-to-day operations. IWASSRU is asking for ...
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Lahash Servant Teams
Lahash Servant Teams are a unique opportunity to spend a year loving and serving East Africa's most vulnerable children. The year-long Servant Team program begins in September, as participants spend two month in training at the Lahash Portland office. This time focuses on cultural preparation, Bible study, basic Swahili, and connection to Lahash's mission and God's heart for the vulnerable. The next nine months are spent with a Lahash partnership in Tanzania, ...
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Around the World and Back Again
During my recent trip to Tanzania, I was on a "home stay," where we travelers would stay overnight with the family of one of the children in the sponsorship program. I asked a 16-year-old boy what he thought of Americans. I'm not sure what I expected him to say, really...perhaps something about the movies or hip-hop or something. But his answer struck me. He said, ...
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Visiting Grace & Healing Ministry
Written by Todd Werkhoven. Photos by Will Campbell. "Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household...with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his spirit." - Ephesians 2:19-20,22 "Habari yako...Jambo...Shikamo...Mambo!" There are many ways to say it, but ...
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Everyone is here (in Tanzania)!
Greetings from Dodoma, Tanzania! All of the Lahash staff and partners are gathered together here at the 3rd Lahash East Africa Conference. After a day of praying and fasting together, the conference has been focused on sharing knowledge, learning from one another, and eating (rice and beans) together. We have even enjoyed a few games of volleyball!
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Ten travelers serving at our partnerships this Spring
It's a full season of travel for the Lahash team right now. Yesterday I spent a couple hours at the Portland airport saying goodbye to Jim Anderson and Dave - both ...
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Rice & Beans Month coming up…
Every year our community joins together in a unique event called Rice & Beans Month. This month focuses on the following three ideas: Solidarity - standing with brothers and sisters in East Africa with limited resources and inadequate nutrition Simplicity - simplifying our diets and forgoing wasteful consumption Sharing - giving away the savings from ...
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Shared Hope Video
Casey just completed our new video sharing some of the hope and pain - and also gratitude from our international team this past year. Thanks for being a part of our journey friends.
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13 Days and Counting
On January 30, Will Campbell will board a plane and head to East Africa for a year, where he’ll spend time with Lahash partners and use his photography skill to connect with kids in the sponsorship program and document their stories. What would you need to cross off your list if you were leaving your home for a year? Will plans to spend these final weeks seeing movies ...
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Merry Christmas from the Portland Team!
Thanks to all of you for partnering with us in our advocacy and care for our brothers and sisters in East Africa this past year. We hope you and your friends and family have a very Merry Christmas! :-)
