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It has been a while since I have been able to log in here.

So I hope to catch up this weekend.

I have great hopes for a brighter year ahead this 2014. I pray the same for the many MKs who have suffered needlessly via their parents' sending agencies. I ask God to give us a year where religious institutions who have abused children began to suffer for their crimes. I pray we can make people aware and further prevent innocent children from abuse in supposedly safe environments. I pray that ntm and others reach out to the thousands of adults who live with emotional pain.

I pray for continued courage for the many MKs. I pray for strength for you to continue on. I know it has got to be so tough. I am sorry and will continue to be your advocate in this coming year.

May 2014 bring justice and hope!

Now a bit of Justice and Hope, that would be nice. Of course we got a bit of Justice last year, with the arrest of Mr Kennell, which of course provides good reason for hope of more Justice to prevail.

Anyway nice to see you back, was wondering how things are going, figured you were busy.



Oh and as it is the New Year, figure I'd let you see what Bemused's new house looks like

Think you'll like this:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =679878321

P.s. top secret on the house, don't want no Turkeys dropping in, just Eagles

Love the house!

It will be rather crowded when we all swoop in to visit!

As the Good Book says, "better to live on the roof of a small house with Kiwis and Eagles than to be lost in a mansion with brawling Turkeys", or something like that

Hahahaha Bemused!
Coming right over……..

42% of the missionaries on the NTM website are "serving" in the United States? Did you actually count them??

Here's another assignment then, since we're "keeping it real": find out how many of those good folks have "retired" listed as their "ministry". I believe that number will be stunningly large also.

I have also noticed that the Filipino missionaries are now listed on the US website. They didn't used to be, and I don't think they are technically members of NTM-USA. So as you go through, the people listed under the Philippines, with no photos, and names like Agayo, Baliwen and Pasigian shouldn't really be included in the statistics, in my opinion. I think the same thing may be happening in the Columbia list. I know there are national missionaries in Brazil, but it doesn't look like they agreed to let NTM-USA put them on their website. They've always been a proud, independent lot. (smiling)

Of course we already know that under "Australia" it says, "No Missionaries found", so don't bother looking there. The ones listed under other sending countries confuse me too, as there are people missing who I know are from those countries.

I get dizzy trying to figure out the statistics. On one page of the website is the claim that "more than 2,500 missionaries serve around the world in remote places where there are no churches", but on the page with actual missionaries listed, it says the total number is 1,526. And if 42% of those are actually in the United States, then they aren't exactly serving around the world in remote places where there are no churches now, are they.

Yes, let's try to keep it real, people. Also known as "being honest".

Since you're good with numbers and percentages, Sir Bemused, I shall turn this back over to you.

I'm still dizzy.

My Dear Friend Raz,

Yes, counted them all a few months ago and the figure of 42% was the percentage serving in the USA. Add in those who are serving in other home countries and bingo the number is probably approaching 50%.
Remember when we found all those missionaries "serving" in New Zealand, except they weren't really because the computer operator couldn't tell the difference between New Guinea and New Zealand (one is tropical and above Australia and the other is far East of Australia and grateful). Then when we mentioned the error, hey presto overnight they were airlifted to PNG (and I'm still waiting for NTM to thank me for yet again fixing their mistakes )

So if this claim is true "more than 2,500 missionaries serve around the world in remote places where there are no churches", then what has America done to all it's churches?

So to summarize, we have an organisation that can't find a church in a country that probably has more of them than any other country, can't find their own MKs, doesn't know the difference between New Zealand and New Guinea, has lost all it's Australians (actually they were lucky there ) and is trying to convince the world that they are reaching the lost. Hells bells, if you can't find the obvious, there ain't much chance of finding the "lost".

Lucky Bemused got a GPS for Christmas, so he knows roughly where he is, Mrs Bemused knows exactly where he is and his closest friends know where they can find him


P.s. Take two Asprin, drink a glass of water and if you are still dizzy, call me in the morning.
P.s.s. To be a "Sir", one has to be knighted by the Queen. As I'm no supporter of Royalty, this is unlikely to happen and therefore I remain simply "Bemused".

Still dizzy. But laughing!