news from Brian O’Connell…
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This encouraging note came from one of the chuch leaders in Nepal who organized a KidsGames community outreach for 7 Bhutanese refugee camps children. As requested they need prayer for the follow up.
Greetings from Nepal.
The refugee kidsgames success left a huge positive impact towards the Church and community in East Nepal. Yesterday, I had a long conversation with brother Santosh regarding follow up kidsgames program in the camp. Pastors and leaders shared their great stories of the event and fantastic testimonies from the 2000 kids. Kids increased 10-20 percentages in every church sunday school. We are working to find out the exact number of kids from the 7 different camps who had committed their faith to the Christ through this event. We are planning for the next Kidsgames in 2008 as well.
We are working and planning to use ” To becoming a complete player” curriculum in their every Church Sunday school program as a Kidsgames follow up. We need your prayers.
The main countries of origin of asylum applicants in 2006 were Iraq (22,200), China (18,300), the Russian Federation (15,700), Serbia and Montenegro (15,600) and Turkey (8,700). The Russian Federation figures include asylum seekers from Chechnya.
…After the United States and France, the main countries of destination for asylum seekers in 2006 were the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Greece and Belgium.
click here to read more excerpts from the UNHCR report in refugeehighway.com
i’m looking to build a list of recommended reading related to the Highway. my guess is that several of us have existing lists. would you be willing to share what your top refugee-related reading resources are? if so, please share them using the “comment” option to this post. thanks!
here are some of the printed resources i’ve found worthwhile…
i look forward to seeing what others add to this list!
i’m looking for a list of good/professional refugee related movies (DVD, Video, download, etc.).please add your recommendations using the “comment” option to this blog entry.
if you know where your recommendation can be ordered from, please list that with your comment.
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here’s what i’ve got so far…
1) turtles can fly (2005) - a film about displaced iraqi children. Click here for more information about this movie.
2) journey of hope (1990) - a film about a kurdish family getting smuggled into switzerland. this movie is getting hard to find. Click here for more information about this movie.
3) behind the sun (2005) - a film about an iranian who converts to christianity and suffers persecution. Click here for more information about this movie.
4) God grew tired of us (2006) - a film about the lost boys of sudan. not yet available on DVD. Click here for more information about this movie.
international teams (IT) is looking for people interested in serving refugees through ministries of presence, compassion, empowerment and training.
if that describes you, click here, take a look at our website and let us know of your interest. perhaps there’s a place for you to serve with us on the Refugee Highway?
IT is presently serving refugees in Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the USA.
the refugee highway partnership (rhp) site is now ready to roll! there are a few things that still need to be updated (e.g. the regional introduction pages), but we want to now encourage partners to submit posts sharing news, resources, questions, ideas, needs, etc. related to serving along the Highway.
all you need to post an entry is to click on “register” and then sign in using your username and password.
this blog is ours. let’s make the most of it!
Check out the 11 minute QuickTime presentation “Introduction to the Refugee Highway“, created by International Teams. It’s a helpful tool to powerfully communicate Highway realities and our Christian calling to love the alien as we love ourselves.
click here to view the presentation now
*If you do not already have the free QuickTime media player installed on your computer click here to download and install it before viewing the presentation.
welcome to the all new website and blog of refugeehighway.net!
as you can tell, the new site is set up to facilitate dialog and collaboration within the refugee highway partnership. we think you’re going to like what’s coming!
please be patient as we get the site framework up and running. we’re pretty confident that it’ll be ready for action sometime in the next week or so…
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