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A Preface to our New Assignment in Indonesia

On January 1, 2016 By Harry and Annie Bergshoeff

Stories of Manakamana

On June 12, 2015 By Harry and Annie Bergshoeff

Today our disaster response team of volunteers was very efficient and did not need any help from us so we were able to get a different view of the distribution. Inside the roped off area people are collecting their “food and non-food items”. Outside the exit where we sat appreciating some precious shade, we watched volunteers from our team plus many local young men – some boys, trying to outdo each other in helpfulness. Beneficiaries who already had their hands full were so thankful that someone would carry their 30kg bag of rice down eight steep steps to a spot where they could load up. Here we watched in amazement at how each community member helped the other tie the heaviest bag to their backs with a special rope sling attached to their foreheads, put the next large but lighter pack on top and leaving their hands free to carry the bucket full of new items and the tarp. Now they were ready to walk the path to their home village, either steeply up hill or down hill.

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A Preface to our New Assignment in Indonesia

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