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Help the children
Posted : 3 Feb, 2010 07:39 AM
I viewed, as has some of you, the original video on Children being murdered "buried alive in the AMAZON". IT can be located online. There are those who want you to believe this is not real, but it is. I am attaching an email from a Missionary who writes to me. These missionaries were in South American Jungle for decades. This is but part of their experience and thoughts. If your Christian, and care, pray and as led, put feet to your prayers.
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When we first worked in the tribe, I remember that a child was born with a cleft palate and so was thrown behind a log to die. The people poked the baby with sticks and abused it, because their cultural belief was that the deformed child was not human. We found out about it too late. There are tribal groups all over the world who not only bury orphans, but old and infirmed people who can�t walk anymore, etc. The core of this practice is an unregenerate heart. As in any culture, only Jesus can transform our minds and make us a �new creature in Christ.�
In the country of Papua New Guinea, a tribal child was born, named Geniae (pronounced Jenny-eye), At the time of his birth, Geniae�s father demanded that the mother destroy the baby. So she took the infant son and buried him alive in the rotting debris of the jungle, then returned home.
The next day, the mother mentioned to a relative what she had done with the baby. Unable to conceive and bear children of her own, the relative went into the jungle searching for the child.
Two days later, the woman came upon a shallow grave in a marsh-like area. When she had unearthed a thick covering of dirt, twigs and debris, she found the baby unconscious but still breathing. Both of his eyes and nostrils were filled with stinging ants, which caused permanent damage to his eyes. The young woman bathed the child in a nearby river and then began caring for him.
Geniae was 26 when he came under the hearing of the Gospel. Though his physical eyes were blinded by the childhood incident, his spiritual eyes were opened to the truth of God�s love and saving power. Geniae radiated the love of Jesus and wanted to share Christ with everyone he met.
Geniae began trekking off into the jungle, often hazarding his life just to have the opportunity to tell others of Jesus. You can imagine the difficulty he encountered with such poor vision when it came to crossing rapidly flowing rivers or ascending and descending steep cliff walls. Still, Geniae continued traveling about, preaching the Word to those who would listen.
Whenever the believers gathered in his own village, he always had something to say about the goodness of Go. Quite often he would make up songs expressing praise to the Lord for the gift of salvation.
One day, when Geniae was traveling to a village � a strenuous three-day hike � he became ill and never recovered. But we know that he finally set his eyes upon Jesus, the One he�d served so faithfully. The Bible says, �Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.�
I didn�t look at the videos you told me about because I am all too familiar with this, having heard about these things for years. We were able to rescue one child that was born when there was an eclipse and the new baby immediately got thrush from nursing its mother�s unwashed breast. The people thought the baby was cursed because of the eclipse and decided it was supposed to die, so they were starving it. We found out and took the baby in, fed, bathed, and medicated it, and the baby thrived. Thankfully, the parents decided to let the baby live once we returned the child to them and they saw it was healthy. These incidents I am telling you about happened before we got the language and were able to give them the Gospel. Before that, one of every twin was murdered because the people believed that one child was human and the other was an imposter -- a feared monster trying to gain access to the family.
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