LAHASH BLOG
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Share Gifts of Life this Christmas
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at our office in Portland. We have a nice little Christmas tree, some lights, and a couple poinsettias cheering up our office! At our partnerships in East Africa, the vulnerable kids we love could use your involvement. Our team has ...
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How will you mark World AIDS day?
The mud home was nearly empty of possessions. A wooden bed was adorned with an ancient brown mattress. A couple years ago I found myself in a Tanzanian slum visiting the family of a courageous young boy named Eliya. Eliya likes soccer and enjoys going to school. A massive smile regularly breaks across his face. ...
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Travel Team observes the dynamic Tanzanian outreach
Fall Travel Update 4 - Dodoma, Tanzania Our team finished up our fall travels with a visit to our partners in Tanzania. It's amazing to see the work that God is doing among the people of this church and through the partnership of all of you around the world. Our partners in Tanzania care for 97 children, of which approximately 20 are still in need of sponsorship through Lahash. If you'd like to sponsor one of ...
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Whispered Prayer book launch honors Susan Tabia’s ministry
Fall Travel Update 3 - From Kampala, Uganda Our Fall Travel Team to Uganda had one main purpose - to launch Lyla Peterson's book about our partner Susan Tabia. After navigating over 16 hours of the Ugandan and Sudanese roads, we made it safely across the border into Sudan. For most of the ...
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Travel Team Spends Time with Kampala Kids
Fall Travel Update 2 – From Amazing Grace Orphanage, Uganda It's a quiet and peaceful evening here in northern Uganda. I'm typing by kerosene lamp with a couple of mosquitos nibbling on my toes. I have a lot of great stories to share, but I'll start this post with our first experiences in Kampala, Uganda. Lyla and Edwin and I spent the first bit of time in the capital city of Uganda. We stayed at Mama Susan Tabia's ...
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Fall Lahash team heading to East Africa
Fall Travel Update 1 - From Portland International Airport In a couple minutes I'll be boarding a KLM flight to Uganda. I'll be meeting up with Lyla Peterson partway through this trip and then we'll be connecting with Edwin Angote. We are eager to reconnect with Susan Tabia and share the 800 books that we have with us. Thanks so much to all of you who've contributed to the Book Fund over the past month! [caption id="attachment_1686" align="aligncenter" ...
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Q & A With Lyla Peterson
Lyla Peterson is getting ready to return to East Africa next week as a fellow traveler with Dan Holcomb and Lahash. I was able to chat with her about her trip, which is coming on the heels of the publication of her book Whispered Prayer: Mama Susan Tabia and the Orphans of Sudan. Q: How is the book being delivered ...
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Lahash Team Retreat held in Trout Lake
Last weekend the Lahash Portland team met up in Trout Lake, Washington for a retreat. Twenty-two adults and kids met up in the beautiful valley town to spend time in prayer, worship, good company, and discussions about the future vision of the organization.
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Help us ship 800 of Susan Tabia’s books to Sudan
Terrorized by the LRA in Sudan In 2008, the children and staff of our Sudanese partners were within ten kilometers of a vicious attack by the LRA rebel group. Forty adults and children were abducted by the merciless armed bandits. Lahash had three representatives in the area at the time and all three came ...
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Savior’s Home: Introducing our new partner
Savior's Home from Lahash International on Vimeo. Today we are announcing our newest partner - and our first new partner in six years! We are so thrilled to partner with Savior's Home in Kampala, Uganda. The home has a dozen children that were street children and orphaned or made extremely vulnerable.
