From Brother Michael Alvear

[Rev. Michael Alvear]

Sweetest greetings in Jesus Name. Thought I to would post a little about what we are doing and request your prayers. I will put my family picture here so you will know who I am but for those who do not know my parents I am one of their adoptive children. I owe much to God and to my parents for taking me and my twin sister in their home when we were five days old. They are the only parents we have ever known.http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa132/missionary_2007/MichaelMarcela.jpg

[RandyWayne]

Wonderful picture!
Thanks for posting it!

[Ferd]

Brother, you have a wonderful looking family! God has surely blessed you!

[Sherri]

If your spirit is anything like your mom's, then I'm sure we will all love you.

By the way, BEAUTIFUL wife and kids!!!

[StillStanding]

If your spirit is anything like your mom's, then I'm sure we will all love you.

By the way, BEAUTIFUL wife and kids!!!

Ditto!

[Rev. Michael Alvear]

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[Rev. Michael Alvear]

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[Rev. Michael Alvear]

Wonderful picture!
Thanks for posting it!


My mom works in the church office a lot she is always talking about this forum and the discussions...thought I would join the fun!

[Rev. Michael Alvear]

Brother, you have a wonderful looking family! God has surely blessed you!

I am richly blessed...beyond measure.

[Rev. Michael Alvear]

If your spirit is anything like your mom's, then I'm sure we will all love you.

By the way, BEAUTIFUL wife and kids!!!

My mom sure likes you and our church prays for Africa. She told me I might be the Bishop if I went to Africa!
Any openings? :nod

[Rev. Michael Alvear]

Ditto!

Thank you you play the piano and I will play the bass...How´s that for a deal?

[Rev. Michael Alvear]

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[Rev. Michael Alvear]

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[Rev. Michael Alvear]

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[Rev. Michael Alvear]

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[Rev. Michael Alvear]

I have copied this for you. I would have been among this number if it had not been for a divine act of God.

STREET CHILDREN


Street children throughout the world are subjected to physical abuse by police or have been murdered outright, as governments treat them as a blight to be eradicated-rather than as children to be nurtured and protected. They are frequently detained arbitrarily by police simply because they are homeless, or criminally charged with vague offenses such as loitering, vagrancy, or petty theft. They are tortured or beaten by police and often held for long periods in poor conditions. Girls are sometimes sexually abused, coerced into sexual acts, or raped by police. Street children also make up a large proportion of the children who enter criminal justice systems and are committed finally to correctional institutions (prisons) that are euphemistically called schools, often without due process. Few advocates speak up for these children, and few street children have family members or concerned individuals willing and able to intervene on their behalf.

The term street children refers to children for whom the street more than their family has become their real home. It includes children who might not necessarily be homeless or without families, but who live in situations where there is no protection, supervision, or direction from responsible adults.

While street children receive national and international public attention, that attention has been focused largely on the social, economic and health problems of the children -- poverty, lack of education, AIDS, prostitution, and substance abuse. With the exception of the massive killings of street children in Brazil and Colombia, often by police, which Human Rights Watch reported in 1994, very little attention has been paid to the constant police violence and abuse from which many children suffer. This often neglected side of street children's lives has been a focus of Human Rights Watch's research and action.

The public view of street children in many countries is overwhelmingly negative. The public has often supported efforts to get these children off the street, even though they may result in police round ups, or even murder. There is an alarming tendency by some law enforcement personnel and civilians, business proprietors and their private security firms, to view street children as almost sub-human.

In several countries where we have worked, notably Brazil, Bulgaria, and Sudan, the racial, ethnic, or religious identification of street children plays a significant role in their treatment. The disturbing notion of "social-cleansing" is applied to street children even when they are not distinguished as members of a particular racial, ethnic, or religious group. Branded as "anti-social," or demonstrating "anti-social behavior," street children are viewed with suspicion and fear by many who would simply like to see street children disappear.

[Rev. Michael Alvear]

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[Rev. Michael Alvear]

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa132/missionary_2007/S4023006.jpg this is Sister Lea an ex mormon worshipping the Lord.

[Trouvere]

I remember your mom sharing the story of how she got you
and your sister.What a blessing that God gave you to
missionary parents.

[Sherri]

My mom sure likes you and our church prays for Africa. She told me I might be the Bishop if I went to Africa!
Any openings? :nod
:killinme Well, you would definitely fit in there! When we go, everyone wants to touch our white skin, because in the rural areas, lots of the children especially have never seen caucasians before. The little ones are quite scared of us!! I have two baby Sherri's named after me in Kenya who are both three years old; so far, neither of them will come anywhere near me.

[Rev. Michael Alvear]

I really want to go someday to Africa to visit. Maybe someday the Lord will make a way for me to go. Love you Bro and Sis Cupples.