Week update:
It's a chilly but sunny day here in Portland, Oregon. Later on today Karin I and will be heading over to a meeting with Jena Lee from Jars of Clay's Blood:Water Mission initiative in Africa. It will precede a Jars of Clay and Derek Webb concert.

ERM Concert
Speaking of concerts, ERM and itafari are hosting a benefit concert for the orphans and widows of Rwanda. Samputu and Igneli will be there - and I'm creating a short video for that concert to help raise awareness of Emmanuel Sitaki's work. The picture on the right is Emmanuel at the kickoff event for ERM.

Africa Movies
There are a couple of interesting movies that are produced in Africa that look awesome. The first is called "Invisible Children" and it is a documentary about 3 mzungus (white guys) that travel to Northern Uganda to see the children affected by the LRA attacks in the region. I'm really interested in that. You can view a trailer on the website.

The second movie is called "Tsotsi" and its about a young thug in South Africa's slums who experiences an event that dramatically alters his life's direction. Trailer

I haven't seen either of them - but thought I'd give the heads up anyways.

Photo from Nick
Here's an image from Nick of Dr. Oronje on one of their recent visits to help the AIDS orphans in the area. They purchase the food in bulk in town, and then head out with a bicycle to visit the families and kids that have no means to purchase clothes or shoes - school uniforms or food.



Prayers of the people
Some things you can be praying for this week:
* The search for a board and the processing of paperwork for Lahash
* Renew Program - the ladies are very interested in starting a small store. I'll have more details on this soon.
* My personal support. I'm at 8% of my total needed, and have just sent out some letters yesterday.
* Church integration in Portland. We are speaking with a couple of churches here in Portland about networking with them. Please pray that the presentations and dialogue will go well.