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Incurable Fanatics - Modern day abolitionists: Pete & Debbie Livingston DONATE Corporate Sponsorship About Blog MENU MENU DONATE Corporate Sponsorship Blog About Skip to content 06.09.2020 New Vision School extends huge THANK YOU One of the works of Incurable Fanatics has been to train and empower local leaders, those who suffer with the bad and rejoice with the good right in their own neighborhood, to stop the circumstances of child trafficking themselves. Say NO, and then put action to the words. At New Vision School Cambodia this is what these young leaders are doing. Changing their own lives and building a better future for the children in their community. Covid 19 hit and the tuition stopped because jobs stopped. Jobs stopped because factories closed. Many schools went bankrupt in short order. Many closed and terminated teachers. At New Vision School, the work is not just about the classroom. It is about changing their world. So the teachers went on 1/2 salary but kept working so they could keep track of the children, their safety and provide at home lessons. All while no tuition was being received. But generous donors stepped up to form a bridge to help them continue on. And they have. And they want to say thank you. Watch the short video. It is a real THANK YOU. If you would like to support the work, tax deductible donations are received DONATE HERE Watch VIDEO LINK: New Vision School expresses huge THANK YOU to donors Posted in The Cause , The work Tagged NewVisionSchool , purpleschool Leave a comment 02.03.2020 Seeing the real message of half-time SB24 Trying to make sense of Super Bowl 54 halftime “entertainment”. Because of the value of all human life, because of my view of women inspired by God’s Word, because I have worked in human trafficking prevention and recovery and because I have seen the entry doors to brothels with children and young slaves inviting perpetrators of evil to enter in, because I know that these invitations lead to the decay and destruction of dignity, equality, honor, respect and even perceptions of the value of an individuals life; I am appalled by the halftime show of Super Bowl 54. Last night, for the little I watched, I was peering at the “designed to entice entry to the brothel” value of women and young (very young) girls. I have seen where this goes and it is destructive to life. It certainly debases women and emboldens an objectifying view of all women. How many men watching in bars, homes and even in their churches last night, were pushed toward lustful thoughts? How many let those thoughts run unchecked? It hurt my heart to see it elevated as “entertainment”. Ephesians 5:3 my dear friends is so fitting. Dads. Next time such a display comes to your TV take your sons and daughters from the room. Dads. Tell the NFL, and Fox Sports you would not want your daughters on that stage (even if they were paid huge amounts of money – does the dignity of your wife or daughter have a price tag?). You don’t want them aspiring to be stars of openly suggestive behavior. That is well below the design of God for women. And this is happening at a time when there is acute awareness in the US thru #metoo. Dads, what is your life displaying to your children? Last night, I had to get up and do dishes. My heart aches for the lost view and value of purity in the world today. Dads, lead the charge to restore it in your home. You can join us in this fight by supporting our drive to grow awareness to the pressures resulting in human trafficking and the drive to end it- here, there, anywhere! DONATE Posted in Pete , The Cause , Uncategorized Leave a comment 01.10.2020 Look what you are doing! When God decides he is moving, look out he will exceed your expectations. New Vision School If you support us, read here about the extraordinary model for spreading the Gospel God dropped on us. If, after reading this you want to be a part of this extraordinary model, you can DONATE here. Our intention in Cambodia was to be seed planters and ground cultivators. We never set out to be harvesters. That does not mean we were not evangelistic. Quite the contrary. The Gospel has always been the primary motivator but assisting the local people harvest has always been and continues to be the vision of Incurable Fanatics. We do not report “decisions”. We report disciple makers and disciple making environments. Functions and people ministering to their friends and neighbors. Planting, growing and harvesting among themselves. This was the vision God gave to us. Wow! He has exceeded our vision to make sure his vision goes on. Our role has shifted from instigators to planters to mentors to coaches to advisors to consultants and now resourcers and idea planters. We remain connected and available but constant presence is now in their hands and the blossom of this fruit looks delightful. At the school, affectionately called ”Purple School” in the community, staff are discipled 5-6 days per week in ongoing biblical training written and used by Debbie with the first staff group. The teachers then impart that biblical foundation into a growing group of students now exceeding 260. And that training is happening 5 days a week 8-10 hours each day in each subject. The kids are in school all day because their parents are at work in garment factories 10 hours a day. School is their safe place. Facebook: Made27 The level and intensity of discipleship is Thank previously unknown to me. It truly is a Mighty Work of God. We also work in the community with local believers to advance micro-businesses so that they can secure more reasonable income. A more reasonable income means they can afford some tuition for their children and this in turn grows a self-sustaining school. Join us in the next phase as look to start the same school and business program in another at-risk community. Help us help THEM deliver the life saving FREEDOM offer of the Gospel. DONATE here, tax deductible. Posted in The Cause , The work Tagged child trafficking prevention , human trafficking end it modern day slavery Leave a comment 01.05.2020 Reruns, repeats can be great! Five years ago we set out on a journey to change lives with the Gospel as the essential tool in our tool box and broken education and job environments the workplace that was sending children at a horrendous rate into human trafficking – not by their choice, but as slaves. It took us two years to gain sufficient context and language understanding to see exactly how God had prepared us to bring transforming opportunities to those affected and to do it so that God is the one who is glorified when the captives are set free. Now we have seen his transformation take shape. We have seen local leaders rise up and take charge and bring change. The joy that surrounds these “change managers” who understand that education and job opportunities alone are only the beginning, that real change only occurs with the Gospel, these are the folks who will change their world. We are merely their mentors. (Read Isaiah 61) We are eager to see this movement grow. But to do it we need financial seed to get more classrooms opened and hopefully new schools started. Each classroom modestly equipped, staff trained and started. We have a financial, model now proven, in the first school and want to repeat it to create a dynamic interacting brotherhood of schools all focused on the Gospel. We have three driving directives: 1. Glorify God 2. Teach about God 3. Witness about God Each of these gets flooded daily into the staff and student of the school. It is 8-10 hours a day of discipleship into newly trained teachers who in turn witness into the lives of the local children who also hear and live in the Gospel environment 8-10 hours every day of the week. Disciples making disciples who witness in their community. #purpleschool Here is a picture from the front of Purple School. It is the first and now clearly demonstrated model of a school established to be self-sus...