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Orphan Epidemic

Lost In Numbers

February 17, 2010

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 done?
Think [...]

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The Adoption Journey

November 3, 2009

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

September 1, 2009

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?

August 31, 2009

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 traumatic [...]

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Cambodia – Center of Peace

August 7, 2009

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 for [...]

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Cambodia – Photostream

July 28, 2009

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

July 27, 2009

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

July 23, 2009

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 encounter
- illnesses, problems, [...]

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Adoption Misconception

March 5, 2009

As well tell more and more people about our plans to adopt a child it seems that there is a common misconception people have on why we are choosing to adopt. This is just an opinion, but it seems like most people believe adoption to be the last resort to having kids. It’s the choice [...]

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It’s Not About You

January 7, 2009

2008 Unicef Photo of the Year
Surviving in Haiti

What say you?

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