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Day Twenty-five – Wait No More

Some ministries have come to my attention that highlight God’s hand with the Christian community on behalf of the orphan.  The next few posts will highlight some of them.  Focus on the Family’s Wait No More events are major regional events, happening around the nation.  These events highlight foster care adoption and call the church […]

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Day Twenty-three: Life In Color…in Uganda?!

Before my friends left for Africa, they shared that one of the topics they were asked to cover in the training they would provide was life books, and the importance of documenting a child’s beginnings. I happily provided our demo life book, a 12×12 full-color 55-page album, in fill-in format, for their use. We here […]

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Day Twenty-two: God at Work Through Film

I’ve said several times that God is moving through the church to draw orphans into families and to defend the fatherless. Something I’ve noticed recently is an increasing number of films that highlight the plight of the orphan. Jedd Medefind says it well in his blog post on the CAFO website entitled Art Imitates Life, […]

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Day Nineteen – Oh Church Arise!

I am behind on posts for the 40-day challenge!  There are posts swimming around my heart and mind and as I catch up the weekend and set them to release, here’s the lates.  How is this for God at work: the global church awakening to Orphan Justice.  Believers all over are moving to care for […]

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Self-Righteous Humanitarianism? I Think Not

I recently commented on a question posted online. The question was, “What are you doing to spread the word about the orphan crisis?” It was a contest. The winner would receive a t-shirt meant to help bring awareness to the orphan crisis. That’s not why I commented. My husband is the shop manager of a […]

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