Hidden Acres Retreat Center, outside Kaufman, Texas hosted two weeks of day camps for kids from the Sudan, Iraq and other areas the past couple weeks.
This is the first year the camp hosted the refugee kids who are now living in the Dallas area. Typically the camp only hosts two to four weeks of junior camps and/or High School camps.
The DMN has a good write up, photo gallery and video on the newest camp addition this summer.
My sister Kara had the opportunity to volunteer a couple days last week and she really loved what they were doing for the kids – I do too… I hope it’s able to grow in the years to come. They’re really getting to show the love of Christ to a lot of kids who probably haven’t seen love in a LONG time.
Check out the story, photos and video.
10 words or less review: The Bourne Ultimatum
10 wol: The Bourne Ultimatum
Awesome! Finally, a sequel actually worth seeing. Go see it.
Simpson Trivia
How’s your Simpson’s religious knowledge?
Test yourself with the Simpson’s Bible Quiz.
This Sunday
Hmmmm…… Looking forward to this…..
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Crazy stats
Just how popular is Flickr?
I just did a quick browse of a couple pages and saw this stat:
There were 3,499 photos uploaded in the last minute. (as of 9:47 a.m. CST)
Why aren’t you sharing your photos with friends and family and the world on Flickr? Why isn’t your church or ministry sharing photos on Flickr?
It’s easy to set up a free account to share photos of your events – or set up a free group so your members can post their photos and then share them in a common photo pool. It’s free publicity and a great way to build community among your members. And on top of that – Flickr has AWESOME slide shows already built in to any group of photos that can easily be added to your website.
Gay Nigerians face death penalty
From the BBC:
Eighteen men have been remanded in prison following their arrest for alleged sodomy in northern Nigeria, the state-owned news agency, Nan, reports.
The Sharia punishment for sodomy is death by stoning.
The men, reportedly wearing women’s clothes, are said to have gone to Bauchi town from neighbouring states to celebrate a “gay wedding”.
Bauchi state is one of the areas we visited when in Nigera. It’s in the North western section of the country.
More than a dozen Nigerian Muslims have been sentenced to death by stoning and for sexual offences ranging from adultery and homosexuality.
But none of these death sentences have actually been carried out as they were either thrown out on appeal or commuted to prison terms as a result of pressure from human rights groups.
Many others have been sentenced to flogging by horsewhip for drinking.
But there have been two amputations in north-western Zamfara State which pioneered the introduction of the Islamic legal system in the country.
What do you think about all this? Would you support a similar punishment for Sodomy in your country?