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Share the difference that loving an orphan can make

Powerful stories leave permanent impressions.  Even far-fetched ones can shape our perspective for the long-haul.  So when a story carries the unspoken message that orphans are damaged goods or that adoption could destroy your family, they can’t be let lie.  We need truer stories.

People should know orphans often carry deep hurt, and reaching to them isn’t always easy.  But people also deserve to know that deep joy is found in loving orphans—as a mentor or adoptive family, foster parents or nonprofit volunteer. 

You can help.  Join others in posting a paragraph and picture, or offer a link to pictures, blogs and videos.  Take a moment to experience others’ stories as well.  We all sometimes need a reminder that small acts of love can transform—both those who receive and those who give.
 

One of the most unforgettable orphan stories I’ve read is “Castaway Kid.”  The book tells the true story of Rob Mitchell, who grew up in one of the last of the American orphanages in Chicago.  It is heart-rendingly real in exposing the struggle and even brutality many orphans face.  Yet, it also shows there is so much hope even for kids who’ve known the worst of circumstances.  If reached to in love and borne up by faith, they can go on not only to be “survivors,” but to become agents of transformation in the lives of countless others.  

–Elizabeth Wiebe