David Sweetland @Toolman@dingdash.com
I live in Louisiana. I’m a missionary with ReachGlobal Crisis Response. give.efca.org/missionaries/david-sweetland
I love books. Mainly history & biography, but enjoy classic fiction once in awhile.
Joined Jul 2020
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Deadly Floods in Afghanistan Claim More Than 60 Lives – URGENT Help Needed
Deadly floods smashed regions of Afghanistan last week, according to our partners on the ground.
The capital city, Kabul, the Maidan Wardak, and Ghazni provinces have all seen massive torrents of flash floods destroying houses, wrecking crops, and killing livestock. According to unconfirmed reports on the ground, more than 60 people have lost their lives in the floods.
This comes at a time when the nation is still reeling from the economic disaster of the Taliban takeover. Afghanistan is suffering from war, drought, famine, and tyrannical Islamic rule. On top of that, they are now suffering from floods.
BTJ is sending emergency funding to our partners.
Help is urgently needed. To help with this effort please click below. 100% of all donated funds will be sent to Afghanistan to help the flood victims.
“Can’t they understand that the Grinch in my story is the HERO of Christmas? Sure… he starts out as villain, but it’s not how you start that counts. IT’S WHAT YOU ARE AT THE FINISH.” —Dr. Seuss
“Have you ever stopped to consider what has happened to your sense of humor? When you were a kid named Willy or Mary the one thing you did better than anything else was laugh. ... A strange thing called conditioned laughter began to take its place. ... [It depended on] financial conditions.
Political conditions. Racial, religious and social conditions.
You began to laugh at people your family feared or despised--people they felt inferior to, or people they felt better than..
.. You were supposed to guffaw when
someone told a story which proved that Swedes are stupid, Scots are tight, Englishmen are stuffy and the Mexicans never wash. You discovered a new form of humor based on sex... Your capacity for healthy, silly, friendly laughter was smothered.” —Dr Seuss
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Looking back at this podcast about the methods of China spying on... everybody.
3 years into the future and now it is even more relevant!
Time to restock the 1st response trailer
https://vimeo.com/811595054
ReachGlobal Crisis Response's annual meeting 2023.
https://vimeo.com/800899618
Our scaffolding is a miss-matching mess rusting away. But we're changing that.
https://vimeo.com/793934161
Lots of mundane work. And a new car!
https://vimeo.com/791469135
Lots to catch up on…
https://vimeo.com/782095684
Warehouse inventory is done. New tools coming in, and headed to FL site. Inventory trip tomorrow to Lake Charles, LA site. Looking for a replacement truck.
Trinity Bible Church donated tools.
https://vimeo.com/760628995
It's that time of the year again...
https://vimeo.com/743749472
Ida response is done.
Flood response in KY: efca.org/kentucky-flood-response.
And I have help with the warehouse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://vimeo.com/742315645
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This is in line with what @sinbach recently said in the BTJ podcast about China. https://youtu.be/41YoULB0tkI
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A desperately needed project in Bhutan.
https://backtojerusalem.com/btj-sponsors-audio-recording-of-the-bible-in-bhutan/
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Why does the underground church of China continue to grow? How did it survive through the harshest years of communism?
"They did not depend on a centralized structure. Any believer could plant a church, preach, and baptise others. In this way they could multiply in secret. Also, strong organisations are easy to target. You can destroy their buildings, freeze their assets and arrest their leaders, but a church that does not depend on buildings, bank accounts or a hand-full of leaders, is very hard to control."
https://backtojerusalem.com/where-are-the-churches-in-china-and-why/
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At least one person was killed and several were injured Sunday in an attack on the inauguration of a Greek Orthodox church in Syria’s Hama Governorate. 😢
There are reports of one or two deaths from the attack, and as many as 12 wounded. 😢
I live in Louisiana. I’m a missionary with ReachGlobal Crisis Response. give.efca.org/missionaries/david-sweetland
I love books. Mainly history & biography, but enjoy classic fiction once in awhile.
Joined Jul 2020
