Orphan Summit – Session 3

• 11:07 AM Jason - Meredith Andrews was a blessing to listen to…she led worship this morning.
• 11:10 AM Jason - Elizabeth Styffe, Executive Director of the Saddleback Orphan Care Initiative is going to speak.
• 11:12 AM Jason - “Orphan Care and the Church”
• 11:13 AM Jason - When we follow Jesus, it changes everything…
• 11:14 AM Jason - There is something distinctly different about orphan care from Disciples…people who follow Jesus.
• 11:17 AM Jason - Christian orphan care is about connecting, aligning, reviving, and excelling (CARE)
• 11:18 AM Jason - conferences all around the world about orphan care, but they focus on food, clothing, shelter, and focused on custodial needs…but as Christians, this must go further
• 11:19 AM Jason - Connecting: we need to connect people to God, connect people to each other, connect people to the Church, connect people to orphans; connecting is what makes Christians different
• 11:20 AM Jason - Connections are the essence of life – Ephesians 1:4
• 11:21 AM Jason - You are longing for belonging!
• 11:22 AM Jason - Conections are the way we learn to love and be loved. Love is the ultimate connection. Ephesians 1:5
• 11:24 AM Jason - 8 children from Rwanda have been adopted to the US in the last…five years
• 11:27 AM Jason - we have to learn to connect; rescuing is not orphan care, that is orphan survival and there is a difference
• 11:29 AM Jason - Dr. Karyn Purvis now speaking
• 11:30 AM Jason - the deepest need of orphans is the need for connection with people
• 11:36 AM Jason - Styff back speaking
• 11:36 AM Jason - the most important thing we can do in the life of a child is to help them connect; connect deeply, connect permanently, connect intentionally
• 11:37 AM Jason - an orphan can only go through so many times of connecting and ripping apart
• 11:39 AM Jason - orphan care is the only thing that every believer can do and must do
• 11:39 AM Jason - James 1:27 is not a command, but a definition
• 11:49 AM Jason - Aligning: we all need to aligned in the work of orphan care, we need to work together
• 11:49 AM Jason - in the tough times of a recession every event, every effort, and every expense, must be aligned with orphan care strategies which are Biblically based and best practices
• 11:51 AM Jason - results of alignment: magnetism, synergy
• 11:52 AM Jason - Orphan: Open your eyes and your heart
• 11:53 AM Jason - oRphan: Rely on the Church; orphan care is by the Church, from the Church and through the Church
• 11:58 AM Jason - the church has the largest participation, the widest distribution, the simplest administration
• 12:00 PM Jason - orPhan: Prevent children from becoming orphaned; orphan care takes care of parents and families
• 12:03 PM Jason - orpHan: Help with relief
• 12:05 PM Jason - we need to connect orphans to God, to families, to resources; the problem is that we start with resources
• 12:08 PM Jason - Revive the church on orphan care
• 12:09 PM Jason - Excelling: we need to do thing better
• 12:10 PM Jason - the best solution for orphan care is to bring yourself permanently into an orphan’s life, to connect a child with a mom and dad
• 12:11 PM Jason - make your goals as big as God
• 12:16 PM Jason - Mariela Clark now speaking, Orphanage Director, VisionTrust International
• 12:17 PM Jason - it’s very difficult to work with orphans, especially when they first come in
• 12:17 PM Jason - Ara was a 9 year old girl that lost her mother because of AIDS, and had a step father that raped her
• 12:18 PM Jason - Jimmy was a boy who lived in a cardboard box for years
• 12:18 PM Jason - Renee was a girl who witnessed her mom kill herself
• 12:18 PM Jason - these stories do have an end, and that end is Jesus
• 12:19 PM Jason - Ara is preparing to go study at a seminary to work with orphans
• 12:19 PM Jason - Renee is studying to be a medical professional to work with pregnant mothers
• 12:20 PM Jason - all of these children was to go to Bible college so that they can really learn the Word of God so that they can teach it
• 12:23 PM Jason - God’s not going to hold us responsible for the past generation, but will hold us responsible for the current generation
• 12:24 PM Jason - what can you do in this sometimes overwhelming task of caring for orphans? do your part!
• 12:26 PM Jason - we need to be reminded by the boy who brought the fish and bread to Jesus in faith that He would use it…the little boy did his part
• 12:27 PM Jason - we can plant the seed and water it, but it is God who grows it
• 12:28 PM Jason - we do what we can, but we leave the impossible up to God
• 12:29 PM Jason - many children come to her with their hearts completely destroyed, but the hands of God touches these hearts and restores them and gives new life…Jesus is the end to the stories of these orphans
• 12:35 PM Jason - now going through announcements! you can see live clips from the event at: www.jasonjeong.com

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