Everyone Matters > Orphan Drop Box in South Korea

READ THIS AMAZING STORY (from Everyone Matters), then watch the video! I was so moved an inspired by it! Being a voice for and saving helpless children is so heavily on my heart and this man shows you how the decision simply rests on your commitment to the cause. So go, look for the need in your community, or a community elsewhere and use what you have to do what you can. You never know the impact your decision and commitment could have on the lives and futures of others! I hope this moves and inspires you like it has me ( please watch the video/trailer of the documentary that is being made about this incredible man)!

Blessings!

Ronell x




South Korean Pastor Lee Jong-rak installed a "DROP-BOX" in the wall of his house so that South Korean women could anonymously leave their disabled or unwanted baby rather than abandoning or disposing of them.

More than 300 babies have been placed in the Drop Box, which is heated, has a towel to place the baby on, and a light. When a baby is placed there, a bell rings, and the Pastor or assistant retrieves the baby.

"I would die for those babies," says the Good Samaritan Pastor, who reads a typical note: "His skull is not shaped right," writes a mother, anonymously, which she leaves with the baby. "He has this handicap. I am so sorry, but I am not able to raise this baby, so I put him safely in the baby box of Jesus-Loving Union Church.'"

Filmmaker Brian Ivie was so moved by a news report, that he proceeded to make a documentary, The Drop Box. He raised $20,000 on Kickstarter, and, based on the awards the documentary has already won, is hoping for a big-screen release by a major company.

Bravo to Brian - and especially to the Pastor- who know that Everyone Matters.

Watch the EXCEPTIONAL trailer: http://goo.gl/zKcSN

And here's Brian Ivie's Facebook page, for Drop-Box:https://www.facebook.com/groups/152636634823798

Living Waters Village, Borneo, Indonesia

Living Waters Village is situated in West Kalimantan, in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo: http://www.livingwatersvillage.com/. Living Waters began in 2003 after Ronny Heyboer (http://www.heyboer.org/) had a vision to build a place to accomodate upto 1000 impoverished, sick, abandoned, or orphaned children.

Since that time many buildings have been built and currently there are 450+ children, together with several young married Indonesian couples, and a number of Western couples and single workers.

One of my close friends (Jannah) spent a whole year volunteering as a doctor in Living Waters Village (LWV). She wrote about some of her experiences in Borneo in a blog that she started in the initial phase of her stay there: http://jannah-borneoupdate.blogspot.co.uk/. Another mutual friend of ours (Matt) is currently in Borneo on medium/long term mission (not sure about the duration yet), teaching practical skills such as painting and decorating and working with the teenage boys in particular. To visit LWV or to volunteer, go to: Visit/volunteer: http://www.livingwatersvillage.com/visiting.html.

LVW is close to my heart, not just because it rescues and cares for orphaned children in a physical, emotional and spiritual way, but also because one of those children is a little girl (Ayu) who lives there and attends the LWV school. Ayu is my sponsor child. I write to her and send her parcels and love receiving letters, pictures and news about her! For a chance to change a child’s life, go to http://www.wouk.org/2005/04/living_waters_sponsorship.php and sponsor a child on a monthly basis.

Videos about the work:

- Miracle in the Jungle: http://vimeo.com/14397680

- Interview with Ronny Heyboer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQbexqSIEBk   

To donate to LWV, go to: http://www.livingwatersvillage.com/support.html or to donate to World Outreach (an umbrella organisation which LWV is a part of), go to: http://www.wouk.org/administration/donations_by_card.php

This month, Luc De Coster (a supporter of the LWV project) is taking some stuff to Holland (20^th October) to put in a container to send to LVW. Read his email below for more details:

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Living Waters Village – Borneo

At the end of this month a container will be sent from Holland to Borneo.  The material needs to be in Holland at the latest on the 25^th October.

We are asking if you could help us with this project.

There are 3 ways you can help:-

·        by a financial donation towards the transport and import costs (approx €3000)

·        by a financial donation to enable us to buy items to go into the container

·        by donating items to be sent in the container

We are always very grateful for any donated items for Living Waters but we would like to respectfully point out that we really need new items or second hand items in very good condition and full working order.  We don’t have the facilities to repair and renovate items and the cost of transport makes it uneconomic to send items in poor condition.  We do hope you understand.  Also, we need to bear in mind that the climate in Borneo is very humid and hot and so items need to be good quality and capable of withstanding the climate and also the inevitable fairly heavy duty use to which everything is subject in a community of children and teenagers.

The following are some suggestions that we would currently find very useful:-

·        Good summer clothing (clean, in perfect condition and washed) (preferably small sizes)

·        New underwear and children’s shirts

·        Slippers and children’s black shoes

·        Soap, tooth paste and tooth brushes

·        Pens, pencils and note books

·        Toys (including small cuddly toys)

·        Bath towels and tea towels

·        Energy saving light bulbs (screw type – NOT UK bayonet type fittings)

·        Ironing boards (new or as good as new)

·        Paint brushes and washing up brushes

·        First aid kits, plasters and scissors

·        Spoons (no knives)

If you are able to help with any of the above, or have other items or contacts that you think will be of use, please contact me.  I’m planning to drive to Holland from the UK around the 20^th October and could take the material then. 

Luc De Coster E-mail: ludecos@gmail.com

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Thank you for any prayers and support for this project! I would also particularly encourage you to pray for the leaders at LWV that God will give them wisdom and keep guiding them in all of the decisions and trials that they face on a daily basis.

Blessings!

Ronell x

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” {1 Corinthians 13v1-3}