If God’s vision for the helpless includes you and me, where do we even begin?
Let’s start with those doubting thoughts niggling away in your mind. I know, I had them too. But God placed a child and her adoptive process right in front of me. I wanted to be involved, and God wanted me to wade through these doubts and watch Him provide.
Doubt #1: If I can’t solve the problem, why even try? I wrote about wrestling with this question in the post Stretching Out a Hand of Relief.
Doubt #2: It’s such a big problem. 153 millions orphans! What can one person do to make a difference? Not much on their own. But one person can join with others who are reaching out by:
Supporting Organizations Reaching Out To Orphans & Children in Difficult Situations
Heritage Ukraine – Odessa, Ukraine
Read more about the amazing ministry of Heritage Ukraine in the post
Heritage Ukraine: A Light in Dark Places
Hispanola Mountain Ministries – Haiti and the Dominican Republic
French Camp Academy – French Camp, MS
Sponsoring Children in Difficult Situations
Hope for the Fatherless– Ethiopia
Cross Mountain Mission Legacy Centers – Nicaragua
Providing funding for homes for orphans who are too old to live in the orphanage.
Orphan Mission Transition Homes – Ukraine
Jeremiah’s Hope – Hope Market
Considering adoption
Walking beside a family in the adoption process.
The adoption process is filled with mountains of paperwork, moments of doubt, and uncertainty that all will work out. An adoptive family needs a network of friends who will pray for them, encourage them, and help them raise the necessary finances.
This post tells the story of an adoption process our family was incredibly blessed to be a part of: FIshes, Loaves, and Cookie Dough