Thanksgiving thoughts

As you sit down to your thanksgiving dinner with food a plenty, please remember the mothers around the world who may be struggling,

remember the children who are living in orphanages,

living on the street,

maybe crying out in hunger,

or maybe so hungry that they can not cry.

While no one person can help all these children, you can start by helping one.

This week from Ethiopia

our agency placed 6 children this week with loving families.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Orphan Sunday

Sunday November 8,2009 is Orphan sunday

Isaiah 1:17 — to “seek justice, encourage the oppressed, and defend the cause of the fatherless.”

Steven Curtis Chapman will perform a live concert, anchored by presentations from several leaders in the adoption and orphan care movement, among them Jedd Medefind, who prior to his leadership of Christian Alliance for Orphans worked in the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives

We need to be working on ways to start raising awareness about the dramatic need that exists among the world’s children. Over 143 million of them have lost a parent; some 87 million have lost both parents. Most of them live in poverty and have very few chances to succeed in life.

Whether it’s supporting foster care, domestic adoption, international adoption or supporting overseas orphanages and shelters, there is much that we can do as the richest country on earth to support these 143 million children who need help.

The Orphan Sunday live webcast starts at 2:00PM Pacific Time this Sunday, November 8. I hope you check it out!