Orphan Epidemic

Our Adoption Story Update: God’s Ways Are Higher

You really never know how things will turn out when you are faithful to what God wants you to do. But in the end, it’s always worth it. Last October Laura and I officially submitted our paperwork to start our adoption process. We felt that God was calling us to adopt a child for a [...]

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31 For My 31st

Instead of lavish gifts or restaurant dinners for my 31st birthday, I want to make a difference for 31 families. I want to protect the children of those 31 families from becoming orphans due to extreme poverty and treatable diseases. We can protect them by simply providing them with clean water! The goal is for people [...]

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Lost In Numbers

There are over 145 million orphans in the world. Over 2 million more are orphaned each year because of HIV/AIDS. You read those numbers and you can’t help but be taken back. And that’s where it usually ends. Sure you may even think that there’s something you can do about it, but what have you [...]

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The Adoption Journey

We are nearly done with our home study portion of the adoption process and it feels like we’ve been in the process for a very long time! There’s been lots of paperwork and talking with people to say the least. There’s lots of “white space” too. There’s plenty of time to wait for things to [...]

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Chimp Nurtures Puma Orphan

Can you believe it! A Chimp taking care of a puma orphan! Nature is a reflection of the character of God! Read the article here!

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What’s the Difference?

Here’s a quote from an article by South African, Bilal Randeree: Each year, millions of children are orphaned due to war, famine, and diseases. In poor communities, when parents die or a surviving adult is chronically or terminally ill, children face having to care for themselves and their siblings. Losing one or both parents is [...]

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Cambodia – Center of Peace

In the last couple weeks I’ve been able to work with many village children and children in a particular orphanage. I’ve also visted a couple other orphanages in Phnom Penh. What’s interesting is the different between all the children. It’s common for people to talk about how the support of orphanages only perpetuates the need [...]

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Cambodia – Photostream

Keep up with my pictures from Cambodia via my Flickr photostream! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonjeong

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Cambodia – The Sabbath Day Reflection

We had the opportunity to go and worship with the children at a local village just outside of Phnom Penh. The local missionary we are working with has established three locations where he has service with the children. To get to the village we had to cross two major rivers that come from the north [...]

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Cambodia – Off We Go

Headed to the airport right now and thinking about what aspect of God I will encounter through this trip! Throughout the trip I’ll be blogging and posting pictures via Flicker! Here are some prayer requests: – We would be faithful in doing God’s work – each person on the team will have an intimate God [...]

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