Friday, May 8, 2009

Afghanistan

Here is what my parents get to be a part of while they are in Afghanistan.

-Kyle

 

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We did a medivac today for Medair from Kwakhan to Faizabad. We were contacted yesterday middle of the afternoon for this urgent medical flight, so that that lady whose baby had supposedly died in her womb would not also die. When they brought her to the aircraft today, she was not doing well at all. From what I could understand from the conversation, she had been transported across the river days earlier to Tajikistan, where they could not help her. She was then brought back to her village and home to basically die. However, she was then brought into the Medair clinic there, from where they asked us to do this flight.

 

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If you look at the email below, you can see, that the baby is not dead after all. The medical staff told us numerous times, that if we did not help with this flight, the lady would not have made it. However, now I am not so sure what the problem was... at least she is doing better and now she has a son who is still alive, and THAT is the important thing!

 

Greetings, Daniel

PACTEC International (using technology to help relieve human suffering)

Kabul, Afghanistan

 

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Hey,

 

Gabriele just told me the infant of the woman we transported to FZB is alive!!!  We were told yesterday that he was dead, however that little guy is a fighter.  Thank you PACTEC!!!

 

Support Medair's activities today: www.medair.org/donate

Medair Afghanistan www.medair.org

Medair - We bring life-saving relief and rehabilitation in disasters, conflict areas, and other crises by working alongside the most vulnerable.

 

 

Kyle Guess
Team Fresno - CAD Drafter III
Processes Unlimited International, Inc.

Office: (559) 248-8969
Direct: (661) 885-3195
Fax: (559) 248-8965

Website: http://www.prou.com <http://www.prou.com/> 
Email: kguess@prou.com

 

 

dW 05.08.09

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scripture

 

Luke 9:57-58

As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

Many years ago Rudyard Kipling made a commencement address at McGill University in Montreal.  He said one striking thing which deserves to be kept in remembrance.  He was warning the students against an overconcern for money, or position, or glory.  He said: “Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things.  Then you will know how poor you are.”  That has happened on a grand scale.  Jesus cared for none of these things.  And for nineteen centuries he has led many people to see how poor they are with only a collection of things to show for their journey through life, and no spiritual resources.

 Halford Luccock

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

dW 05.06.09

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scripture

 

Philippians 2:1-4

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one’s self.  We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence.  The heart that goes out of itself, gets large and full of joy.  This is the great secret of the inner life.  We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.

Horace Mann 

Friday, May 1, 2009

dW 05.01.09

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scripture

 

James 5:13-16

 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. (read more)

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life, to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories of the moment of the last parting?

George Eliot

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

dW 04.29.09

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scripture

 

Matthew 14:25-31

During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." "Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water." "Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"

 

En Espanol

 

lyrics

 

Fireflight

It's You

I wish that I could break all the mirrors in my mind
The ones that lie to me and steal away my pride
I wish I could be blind to everything that haunts me
If I use my heart, I can see your face
You show me the real me

It's You that I search for
It is You I can't live without
Your hope is what I long for
When nothing's left in me
It's You

This world is always trying to take a piece of me
But You are always there to make me feel complete
If I can keep my eyes on what You have for me
I will face the truth and never look away
You'll show me the real me

When I have nowhere else to go
And I can't find my way out
Your light it comes to guide me
I can't hide
You show me the real

Monday, April 27, 2009

dW 04.27.09

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scripture

 

Psalm 51:6-7 (The Message)

Going through the motions doesn't please you, a flawless performance is nothing to you.
I learned God-worship when my pride was shattered.
Heart-shattered lives ready for love don't for a moment escape God's notice.

 

En Espanol

 

lyrics

 

Artist - Matthew West

Song - The Motions

 

This might hurt, it's not safe
But I know that I've gotta make a change
I don't care if I break,
At least I'll be feeling something
'Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of life

I don't wanna go through the motions
I don't wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don't wanna spend my whole life asking,
"What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?"

No regrets, not this time
I'm gonna let my heart defeat my mind
Let Your love make me whole
I think I'm finally feeling something
'Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of this life

take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way ('cause I don't wanna go through the motions)
take me all the way (I know I'm finally feeling something real)
take me all the way

 

thought

 

I was driving to work and Matthew West was live in the KLUV studio.  He sang this song and I had to use it today.  May it speak to you as it did me. 

Friday, April 24, 2009

dW 04.24.09

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scripture

 

Philippians 2:1-4

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

thoughts

 

Do I make the people around me better? Do I see that they have fuller potential? Do I help them realize their fuller potential? Do I motivate them towards increases in their faith, trust, and belief in God?

 

prayer

 

Father God, thank You for today.  Thank You for the comfort which we find in knowing You. 

Give us glimpses of You today in all that we do.  May we learn and practice loving You and loving others.

Amen.

Monday, April 20, 2009

dW 04.20.09

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scripture

 

1 Peter 3:8-12

Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For,  "Whoever would love life  and see good days  must keep his tongue from evil  and his lips from deceitful speech.  He must turn from evil and do good;  he must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous  and his ears are attentive to their prayer,  but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

All that comes out your lips are life or death.

Unknown

Friday, April 17, 2009

dW 04.17.09

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scripture

 

Romans 8:18
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

 

En Espanol

lyrics

 

Amen by Deitrick Haddon

 

I asked myself how did He do it?
make such a sacrifice
and the ones that he loved
wanted Him crucified
oh yea, He knew that His friends would betray Him
and He knew that His blood would be shed
He could of put someone else in His place
but instead He said
Amen

CHORUS:
Amen
mmm I surrender
Amen
and my will be Yours
Amen

I lift my hands and say
Amen

so I looked at my tasks and trials
they can't compare to His pain
and if He can go through it
surely I can do the same
oh Lord
I bless You for all of the bad
and I bless You for all of the good
and the place where I stand
You have already stood

CHORUS:
Amen
mmm I surrender
Amen
and my will be Yours
Amen

I lift my hands and say
Amen

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

dW 04.15.09

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scripture

 

Matthew 7:9-12

Jesus speaking, "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

 

En Espanol

 

quote

 

Giving without love is possible. Loving without giving is not.

Pastor Matt

Quote

“The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away.” Shane Claiborne