Child Abuse

The following link discusses the possible child sexual abuse of children by Afghan military commanders and the reaction of our own Department of Defense. I'm posting the link here because sexual abuse of children is one of the reasons we are so interested in providing a home for "at risk" children in Indonesia. Not that children are at any more risk in Indonesia than they are anywhere else, but that there are immoral people everywhere and human trafficking exists in every country including our own. This is a very ugly problem and one we don't want to recognize; but, it does exist and needs to be addressed. Here's the link:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/26/lawmakers-question-whether-pentagon-encouraged-troops-to-turn-blind-eye-to/?intcmp=hplnws

After a day of school and a fun visit to the swimming pool, the students do their homework under Naomi's supervision.

New clothes for our kids.

Showing off, walking and climbing stairs.

This is Daniella walking and showing off. Queen comes into the picture later and together they climb the stairs. Scary but they are well guarded. Enjoy...!

Getting out of the house for a while.

The kids always enjoy eating out. Today they are taken to a Japanese restaurant for a special treat. One child needed shoes and another needed a swimming suit, so a trip to the mall was part of the excursion. We make every attempt to treat the kids as if they were our very own; but, when we go out we make a very large family. There were 8 children plus a couple of adult helpers. One of our teenagers was on a field trip with the boy scouts camping out near Puncak, a mountain resort.

Daniella Walking

So good to see the children taking their first steps and knowing that they are healthy -- growing and developing normally.