7 & 5 year olds elope to Marry! - Love!

BERLIN–Two young German sweethearts trying to elope to Africa were thwarted by police at the train station in Hanover.

The couple, 7-year-old Anna-Lena and 6-year-old Mika, had planned their getaway with Anna-Lena's 5-year-old sister Anna-Bell while their parents slept off New Year's Eve celebrations.

With suitcases packed with sunglasses, swimsuits, summer clothes, stuffed toys and some food, the trio took a streetcar to the central station to board a train to the airport. A guard, concerned to see the three young children waiting on their own, called police.

"What struck us was that the little ones were completely on their own and that they had lots of swimming gear with them," said Holger Jureczko, a police spokesperson.

He described Mika and Anna-Lena as "sweethearts" who had "decided to get married in Africa where it is warm." The boy had once been to Italy and convinced the girl that Africa would be even warmer.

Anna-Lena told the German television station RTL: "We wanted to get married and so we just thought: 'Let's go there.' "

Asked why they failed to let their parents know, the children said they thought they would not be gone for long.

Anna-Lena's mother, who was not identified, said she had known nothing of the plan. "I'm still in a state of shock. I thought, 'I'm playing a part in a bad movie.' "

The police told the trio it would be difficult to get to Africa without money or tickets and instead gave them a tour of the police station before handing them over to their parents.

Published on The Hindu, 07th January 2009

Buried alive for Bible

A muslim man in Egypt killed his wife because she was reading the Bible and then buried her with their infant baby and 8 year old daughter. The girls were buried alive! He then reported to the police that an uncle killed the kids. 15 days later another family member died. When they went to bury him, they found the 2 little girls under the sand –ALIVE!

The country is outraged over the incident and the man will be executed. The older girl was asked how she had survived. “A man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding woulds in his hands, came every day to feed us. He woke up my mom so that she could nurse my sister,” she said. She was interviewed on Egyptian national TV, by availed Muslim woman news anchor. She said on public TV, “This was none other than Jesus, because nobody else does things like this!”
Muslims believe Isa (Jesus) would do this, but the wounds mean He really was crucified, and its clear also that He is alive! But its also clear that the child could not make up a story like this and there is no way these children could have survived without a true miracle. Muslim leaders are going to have a hard time to figure out what to do with this, and the popularity of the Passion movie doesnot help! With Egypt at the centre of the media and the education in the Middle East, you can be sure this story will spread. Christ is still turning th world upside down! Please let this story be shared.

The Lord says, I will bless the person who puts his trust in me! Jeremiah 17
Taken from news paper published on Thursday January 24, 2008 under the column NOTEBOOK and titled Amazing