The Forgotten Foundation http://forgottenfoundation.com Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:52:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Monthly birthday celebrations. Always a good time! http://t.co/IsgIILxC http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/24/monthly-birthday-celebrations-always-a-good-time-httpt-coisgiilxc/ http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/24/monthly-birthday-celebrations-always-a-good-time-httpt-coisgiilxc/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:52:28 +0000 ffadmin http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/24/monthly-birthday-celebrations-always-a-good-time-httpt-coisgiilxc/ Monthly birthday celebrations. Always a good time! http://t.co/IsgIILxC

]]> http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/24/monthly-birthday-celebrations-always-a-good-time-httpt-coisgiilxc/feed/ 0 I posted 9 photos on Facebook in the album “Gregory Thailand Trip” http://t.co/rWyCYJbi http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/13/i-posted-9-photos-on-facebook-in-the-album-gregory-thailand-trip-httpt-corwycyjbi/ http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/13/i-posted-9-photos-on-facebook-in-the-album-gregory-thailand-trip-httpt-corwycyjbi/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:27:45 +0000 ffadmin http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/13/i-posted-9-photos-on-facebook-in-the-album-gregory-thailand-trip-httpt-corwycyjbi/ I posted 9 photos on Facebook in the album “Gregory Thailand Trip” http://t.co/rWyCYJbi

]]> http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/13/i-posted-9-photos-on-facebook-in-the-album-gregory-thailand-trip-httpt-corwycyjbi/feed/ 0 Hey everyone! Happy New Year! This link is to some friends of ours who are also working with displaced peoples of… http://t.co/nqpbJGVE http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/03/hey-everyone-happy-new-year-this-link-is-to-some-friends-of-ours-who-are-also-working-with-displaced-peoples-of-httpt-conqpbjgve/ http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/03/hey-everyone-happy-new-year-this-link-is-to-some-friends-of-ours-who-are-also-working-with-displaced-peoples-of-httpt-conqpbjgve/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:22:12 +0000 ffadmin http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/03/hey-everyone-happy-new-year-this-link-is-to-some-friends-of-ours-who-are-also-working-with-displaced-peoples-of-httpt-conqpbjgve/ Hey everyone! Happy New Year! This link is to some friends of ours who are also working with displaced peoples of… http://t.co/nqpbJGVE

]]> http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/03/hey-everyone-happy-new-year-this-link-is-to-some-friends-of-ours-who-are-also-working-with-displaced-peoples-of-httpt-conqpbjgve/feed/ 0 Emily and the girls. They were hanging off of her the whole trip http://t.co/nEm7XUww http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/01/emily-and-the-girls-they-were-hanging-off-of-her-the-whole-trip-httpt-conem7xuww/ http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/01/emily-and-the-girls-they-were-hanging-off-of-her-the-whole-trip-httpt-conem7xuww/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:36:01 +0000 ffadmin http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/01/emily-and-the-girls-they-were-hanging-off-of-her-the-whole-trip-httpt-conem7xuww/ Emily and the girls. They were hanging off of her the whole trip http://t.co/nEm7XUww

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]]> http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/01/james-playing-with-the-girls-httpt-coe8bk3nqt/feed/ 0 Manat teaching English. Notice his definition of handsome. http://t.co/n3NHVPc9 http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/01/manat-teaching-english-notice-his-definition-of-handsome-httpt-con3nhvpc9/ http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/01/manat-teaching-english-notice-his-definition-of-handsome-httpt-con3nhvpc9/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:30:44 +0000 ffadmin http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/01/manat-teaching-english-notice-his-definition-of-handsome-httpt-con3nhvpc9/ Manat teaching English. Notice his definition of handsome. http://t.co/n3NHVPc9

]]> http://forgottenfoundation.com/2012/01/01/manat-teaching-english-notice-his-definition-of-handsome-httpt-con3nhvpc9/feed/ 0 I posted a new photo to Facebook http://t.co/pGBiHExE http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/30/i-posted-a-new-photo-to-facebook-httpt-copgbihexe/ http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/30/i-posted-a-new-photo-to-facebook-httpt-copgbihexe/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:15:13 +0000 ffadmin http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/30/i-posted-a-new-photo-to-facebook-httpt-copgbihexe/ I posted a new photo to Facebook http://t.co/pGBiHExE

]]> http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/30/i-posted-a-new-photo-to-facebook-httpt-copgbihexe/feed/ 0 We’re doing great here at Forgotten Land. The girls are super cute and have way too much energy. Just posted some new pics on the website. http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/28/were-doing-great-here-at-forgotten-land-the-girls-are-super-cute-and-have-way-too-much-energy-just-posted-some-new-pics-on-the-website/ http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/28/were-doing-great-here-at-forgotten-land-the-girls-are-super-cute-and-have-way-too-much-energy-just-posted-some-new-pics-on-the-website/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:15:53 +0000 ffadmin http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/28/were-doing-great-here-at-forgotten-land-the-girls-are-super-cute-and-have-way-too-much-energy-just-posted-some-new-pics-on-the-website/ We’re doing great here at Forgotten Land. The girls are super cute and have way too much energy. Just posted some new pics on the website.

]]> http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/28/were-doing-great-here-at-forgotten-land-the-girls-are-super-cute-and-have-way-too-much-energy-just-posted-some-new-pics-on-the-website/feed/ 0 Some new pics http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/28/some-new-pics/ http://forgottenfoundation.com/2011/12/28/some-new-pics/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:13:50 +0000 Jon Justus http://forgottenfoundation.com/?p=1684

What's a matter buddy? You never seen a white boy before?

Namphone school
Two of the girls that live at the Forgotten house
Karen women
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Bowls of noodles for celebration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One and three legged races, wheelbarrow races, and a variety of other games were part of the celebration.

James and Jon introduced the limbo to the people.

Once the food was prepared, the children lined up with bowls in hand eager to chow down on some kanom jeen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manat ended the evening by handing out donated clothes as Christmas gifts to each family.

Yesterday, we visited the school on Forgotten Land. It was apparent that the school was lacking in a few areas, including the layout and structure of the schoolhouse. The bamboo floors are uneven and wobbly with large cracks throughout. In addition, the schoolhouse is one big room. We believe the children would benefit from a wall separating age groups to allow for higher education for the older children as well as a means to prevent distraction. We’re in the process of estimating cost for these upgrades right now.

One of the ways we’ve looked into expansion of the school is renting an old resort to use as a boarding school for Karen children. Yesterday, we visited the property to assess the possiblity of using the resort for this purpose. There’s alot involved including finding a way to generate electricity as well as the expenses to clean up and restore the place. Today we plan to visit Namphone’s school, the other school Forgotten funds.

I have been involved with Forgotten Foundation since I married James, but this is my first time to visit. It has been quite the experience! The five orphan girls, ages 5 – 10, who live here at the Forgotten house where we’re staying are fun loving and care free, as children should be. It saddens me to think that these girls could be in a completely different situation without Pastor Manat and Steve taking them in. I thank God for these men and their big hearts.

Please pray for wisdom for us as we continue to assess the needs here. It can be especially difficult with the language barrier.
Thanks for reading and happy holidays to all!

Emily

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