very possibly the weirdest news story of the year

Sudan man forced to 'marry' goat

A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife", after he was caught having 'relations' with the animal.

They ordered the man to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to the owner.

...as far as we know they are still together," Mr Alifi said.

Mr Alifi called elders to decide how to deal with the case. "They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife," Mr Alifi told the newspaper.

amy's little friend

it started out very simply... he began following her around the corner from our house...


...he kept the pace, dodging a few cars, just to keep up.

he patiently waited for her outside the post office, taking a nap on the sidewalk. Then when we walked by he began again.

i think that was when she fell in love. and he did too. a few blocks later, he started leading the way...but always checking behind him to make sure Amy was following.




he turned the corner and continued with us for another 3-4 blocks before he got distracted with some food and then got lost in the crowd. Amy kept looking behind her...and sadly we did not see him again, so we fondly gave him the name, "churro".

Enjoying the view with some peruvians and an alpaca

Libertad Missions Team -Santiago, Chile -August 11-21

the kids loved the puppets so much. It was really neat to watch the parents of these kids watching their children having such a good time.
The seeds we planted here may not bear fruit right away, but I know that some life long memories have been created...and some of these children and their parents will receive and heed the call from the Lord to follow Him.

There were others who heeded that call during the time we were there. We visited some of these people when the team was here. Now, the team has returned to Santiago....and we stay to continue visiting, encouraging and following up with those who raised their hands and prayed with us to accept and follow Christ.

This last picture shows the response from one of the presentations. It was really encouraging to see men and woman alike coming forward to pray. There were others who immediately walked away as soon as the invitation started. We are not discouraged because all are called, but only a few will answer that call.

the fam

Here we are at machu picchu.. The first few hours of the morning were cloudy and rainy...so the landscape here was covered by clouds. I'll put some others where you can really see how beautiful this place is!