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Stuart Vogel added 7 new photos to the featured album Update: Visit to Pyongyang and the Bongsu Bakery.
19 September 2018 ·

Tomorrow Richard Lawrence and I will visit North Korea.

A BIG thank you to those who contributed to the gift to help the Bongsu Bakery. We can now present to them just under $NZ2,500.00 ($US1,655.00) Perhaps we can make a small but still significant difference.
Euros are the preferred currency in North Korea. Given what I need to take for myself, plus the $2,500.00 , I managed to drain one bank, another didn't have enough Euros on hand to bother with and I made a dent in the Euro reserves of two more. Interesting experience.
It is often forgotten that there is a humanitarian crisis in the North. Winter is coming and there has been drought this year. One out of 5 children are “stunted”, which means that have grown up suffering from chronic malnutrition. Around 41% of the population, or 6.million people are undernourished The sanctions and other restrictions often mean aid agencies can not get necessary supplies to those who need it most. Denuclearisation is important of course but I can only wonder what Jesus is really angry about.
The Bongsu Bakery and Noodle Factory is run by the local Church in Pyongyang (yes, there is a Church there) with assistance from the Presbyterian Church (USA). It provides kindergartens and old age-homes with nutritious and tasty food. The money is used to buy ingredients such as flour. Richard and I would like to thank the Airedale Property Trust of Methodist Mission Northern for providing and managing an account that we could use for this purpose.

Update: Visit to Pyongyang and the Bongsu Bakery
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Manying Ip Waiting to hear about your visit on your return.
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Richard Lawrence I’m looking forward to it Stuart.
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Gendy Ritzema Will definitely support via bank account. Am visiting Vietnam and Cambodia in November and supporting an initiative which teaches street teenagers hospitality skills so they can work and earn...look up KOTO if you are interested!! I have eaten at the Hanoi restaurant which they run.....so yum! Hope your fund raising goes well.
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