Resting Place of Kings

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January 20, 2008

What a great name for the Leper Center—Resting Place of Kings (Taman Rista).  This place of rest is being constructed in the middle of the jungle of Halmahera. There is one four-plex built and second four-plex is nearly completed. A nearby well provides clean water for the residents. I went to visit the site and could see Hendrik, the first leper to take up residence at the base.  He was supervising the work on the second of a series of...

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