Tonight we’re setting off on a journey to Indonesia – the country with the fourth highest population in the world. We will be visiting a nation that’s made up on more than 17,000 islands, where almost two in three children live in poverty on less that $2 a day!!
Morning has arrived on this early spring day in Indonesia. But this is not ordinary day. Today is the day the rain finally stopped falling.
It started with a few raindrops. Then, it really started coming down. The heavy rains were relentless, causing riverbanks to swell, then overflow, covering an entire city with a river of mud. Hundreds of people have been hurt or killed. More than 500,000 people have been forced from their homes. Separated from their parents in the chaos, children are suddenly left to fend for themselves. In a city that’s become a wasteland, they are alone and afraid.
Finally, the rains let up. The skies begin to clear. But the devastation continues even after the floodwaters recede. The water that remains is toxic, polluted by garbage and sewage. Hospital beds continue to fill as more and more children and their families become sick from illnesses brought on by contaminated water.
The flood may be over, but for children already living in poverty, this is just the beginning of a long road to recovery. How will their families rebuild their homes, their schools, or their lives? Will their communities ever be the same again? These children need your help to find hope after the flood. It’s time to get to work!!
Morning has arrived on this early spring day in Indonesia. But this is not ordinary day. Today is the day the rain finally stopped falling.
It started with a few raindrops. Then, it really started coming down. The heavy rains were relentless, causing riverbanks to swell, then overflow, covering an entire city with a river of mud. Hundreds of people have been hurt or killed. More than 500,000 people have been forced from their homes. Separated from their parents in the chaos, children are suddenly left to fend for themselves. In a city that’s become a wasteland, they are alone and afraid.
Finally, the rains let up. The skies begin to clear. But the devastation continues even after the floodwaters recede. The water that remains is toxic, polluted by garbage and sewage. Hospital beds continue to fill as more and more children and their families become sick from illnesses brought on by contaminated water.
The flood may be over, but for children already living in poverty, this is just the beginning of a long road to recovery. How will their families rebuild their homes, their schools, or their lives? Will their communities ever be the same again? These children need your help to find hope after the flood. It’s time to get to work!!
Our Tribes and their disabilites...
Every one is getting set up for the night ... getting into Tribes and making sure they fit their characters description and disabiltiy eg.... broken leg, blind in one eye, carrying a heavy load on their back... 
During our time in Indonesia we experience what people there have for ' clean' drinking water.... wash your clothes, wash your feet , then walk back to your house, clean with it, cook with it and also drink it...
What blessed are we to be able to turn on the tap and out comes clean water all the time!!! Count your many blessing which God gives us each day ! 
Who got Malaria????
and next was building ourselves a shelter....
And who can get over the Electric Fence???
We learnt alot tonight about other people in this world who are not as blessed as we are ... we should be so thankful to God each day for what HE gives us here in N.Z.
Thanks for the great night ... and well done for being brave and coming out on such a cold, wet and wild night.
Thanks for the great night ... and well done for being brave and coming out on such a cold, wet and wild night.
Hope to see you all again next week and it is back to our FAMILY THEME then.... HOW TO TRAIN YOUR PARENTS>.. sounds like fun!! :)
Have a good weeek
Luv , Your DZ Leaders
Don't forget about the POOOOOOOLLLL NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :)
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