Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 9:17PM 
Do you ever get frustrated as you try to launch orphan ministry in your church?
...ever feel like leadership isn't really "on board" with the idea?
Check out how this church met initial resistance...but then moved through it!...
How they waited...without standing still
Get EQUIPPED. Attend Orphan Summit V
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 4:23PM 
Monday, February 16, 2009 at 9:35PM 
One year ago Aschalew, Genet and Yesalemush were three of the Developing World’s 143 million orphaned and abandoned children. These Ethiopian siblings had been housed for seven years in two separate orphanages after the tragic death of their father, and the ensuing reality that their poor, blind mother was incapable of caring for them
[meanwhile]....Liberty University was in the middle of Spiritual Emphasis Week, led by evangelist David Nasser. Thousands of students were piled into the Vines Center with open hearts, praying for the Lord to do something miraculous during this beginning-ofthe- year revival.
Nasser was challenging the student body to match their actions with their confessions through a special offering that would be taken on the following evening, with all the money going toward changing the destiny of people for Christ around the globe.
Nasser showed a picture of three Ethiopian teenagers he had learned about...and said that the money collected could be used to make a difference in these three orphans’ lives. It could be used to move this sibling group from “unlikely to be adopted” to “likely to be adopted.” All that would be left was to find a family.
The next night just over 4,000 Liberty students donated a staggering $80,000.
In a fantastic act of sovereignty, involving a family of five Michiganders, thousands of students in Virginia, and three unaware kids in Ethiopia, God was conspiring a miracle of reconciliation. It was Psalm 27:10 in action: “When your mother and father leave you, the Lord will take you up.”
Ten months later the Wolfes traveled to Ethiopia to retrieve their three newly adopted children, an adoption fully funded by the student body of Liberty University...
[excerpted from Liberty Journal - check out video & full story here]
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 9:48PM
After all the daunting stats from the last post, I thought this would be a good follow-up...
It can be difficult to know how one person can make a dent in the orphan crisis
However, ONE Christian -- EVERY Christian -- can make a difference
Check out these 10 Ways to Care for Orphans & Waiting children... then pick ONE! Do it as a family!
Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 11:05AM 
| In the past hour… 1,625 children were forced to live on the streets by the death or abuse of an adult 1,667 children under the age of five died from malnutrition and vaccine-preventable diseases 115 children became prostitutes 66 children under 15 were infected with HIV 257 children were orphaned because of HIV/AIDS |
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(excerpted from WorldOrphans.org)
What Lifesong for Orphans is doing to CHANGE this
How WE can CHANGE the NEXT HOUR
