Assalamu aleikum.
As mentioned in the Washington Post article [ see: CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY GROUP GRABS 300 MUSLIM TSUNAMI CHILDREN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamiccommunitynet/message/7698 ], the WorldHelp christian missionaries have deleted from their website the web page that disclosed the details of their plot against 300 Muslim children. However, it remains temporarily available as a google cache at: http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:www.worldhelp.net/home/Tsunami_Orphans.asp Yahoo sometimes breaks up lengthy urls. If this happens, 1. copy the entire url to the address bar and 2. remove any empty spaces that show up. --- HELP TSUNAMI ORPHANS IN INDONESIA WorldHelp January 6, 2005 http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:www.worldhelp.net/home/Tsunami_Orphans.asp --- photos: http://www.worldhelp.net/images/Tsunami/Tsunami_Orphans.jpg http://www.worldhelp.net/Email/Child_Bandaged.jpg http://www.worldhelp.net/Email/Child_trash_Tsunami.jpg --- The death toll has reached 156,000 and is still climbing. Everyday, more bodies are found in the debris ... there are thousands still missing that may never be found ... many people fear their loved ones were washed out to sea. Banda Aceh was the epicenter of the quake and tsunami, it has been totally annihilated. They are calling it the "City of the Dead" ... it is now a city of corpses. It is dark and littered with dead bodies, mounds of construction debris, demolished cars, and thick mud. The Aceh people are strict Sunni Muslims and have been very instrumental in spreading Islam throughout Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia. It is often stated, "To be Aceh is to be Muslim." The Aceh people strongly and even violently oppose other religions. They are unreached with the gospel. The Aceh province is the only province in Indonesia where Shari'a Islamic Law has been formally instituted. They also practice a mix of animistic beliefs and various superstitions. Banda Aceh is known as the "Doorway to Mecca" for Muslim pilgrims from Indonesia. Normally, Banda Aceh is closed to foreigners and closed to the gospel. But, because of this catastrophe, our partners there are earning the right to be heard and providing entrance for the gospel. More than 300 children under the age of 12 became orphans last week in Banda Aceh. Their parents died in the disaster. Our partners in Medan and Jakarta want to open a children's home to take care of as many of these orphaned children as possible ... and we want to help. We have a four fold strategy for Indonesia with our partners there. 1. Focusing on keeping children alive by providing clean water, adequate sanitation, basic nutrition, and routine medical care. These basics are crucial for survival. 2. Caring for separated children … finding children who have lost their families, identifying them, and reuniting them with their extended families wherever possible. 3. Making sure the children are protected from exploitation. In these devastated environments in the tsunami zone, where families are broken apart, incomes are lost, and hope is in short supply … children are more vulnerable. 4. Providing housing and ongoing care for the 300 orphan children of Banda Aceh. Our partners tell us,"We do not want to just distribute help and leave. We are committed to bring help and hope to these children. We want them to know that Jesus loves them and plant Christian principles as early as possible in their age. To accomplish this means long-term commitment." They need rent for housing the children, beds, cabinets, desks, food and water, children's workers ... we do not have time to place these children in our Child Sponsorship Program. It would take several months for us to get their photos and background information and to raise the $24 per month to sponsor them. We do not have time. These children are homeless, destitute, traumatized, orphaned, with nowhere to go, nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat. If we can place them in a Christian children's home, their faith in Christ could become the foothold to reach the Aceh people. We must raise $70,000 immediately to begin this children's home. Thankfully, $23,000 was raised over the weekend for this project so that leaves $47,000 that we must wire this week in order to place these children in a Christian home. Normally World Help designates 12% of all donations for administrative costs, but due to the magnitude of this horrific disaster, we are sending 100% of every donation to relief … and the funds are being wired daily. That means what you give today, can be in Banda Aceh tomorrow. I am asking you to once again, please help. The need is great ... the opportunity is great ... will you please help ... no gift is too small. Time is of the essence. Their survival is at stake. We only have one week to let the government know that we will take these orphaned children and provide them with a Christian home ... please let me hear from you today. Will you please send your best gift today? To help with the Tsunami Relief, make a credit card donation on our secure site or call 1(800) 541-6691. You can also send a check today to World Help at: PO Box 501 Forest, Virginia 24551 Thank you and God Bless you, Vernon Brewer http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:www.worldhelp.net/home/Tsunami_Orphans.asp __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. 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