Some of you are familiar with The Pines children's home. Here is a quick update. The area around The Pines is undergoing a very dramatic change. Every day an estimated 150 people gather to illegally tear down buildings scavenging for anything of value. Within 100 yards of The Pines fence there are illegal gold miners digging up the ballast from the old railroad tracks. Years of rail cars full of ore going over the tracks has left traces of gold in the ballast. These miners are digging and sifting the material and then panning for gold. They then take it to an illegal processing plant in the township. Word is that people are actually living (squatting) in this area. Pray for The Pines staff and children that they would be safe in this drastically changing environment. Their utilities are more than occasionally interrupted due to all of the hand digging going on around them. To us it is actually scary!
On another subject, grandma and grandpa do take time to enjoy the kids occasionally or at every and any opportunity.
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