Orphan Sunday

Today is the day. Orphan Sunday. The church's attempt to highlight the need of orphans. Our church joined with many others across the country and even the world to bring to light the plight of so many children without families. The ones that so often go forgotten. Now what? The day is over. Will we go on rushing through our busy lives choosing to forget? Can we see and not act? We are God's hands and feet. We have been given a great responsibility to care for the widows and the orphans. The most vulnerable. Orphan Sunday is a good start, but those children will still be orphans tomorrow. Those children need to be fed, held, and cared for more than once a year. Tobi and the many many like him will wake up tomorrow and stare at the same crib bars and drab walls as they have all their lives. Many of them have never experienced life outside of one room. They do not hope for a better life because they do not have any idea that any other exists. God has given us, as His followers, the responsibility to care for them. We are failing them. The question is, what are you going to do? Are you going to continue on with life tomorrow? Will you research ways to help? It may not look the same for everyone. Some of us are called to open our arms. Others are called to research and truly pray for the great needs. Others are given positions to advocate for the helpless. Others still have the means to support and encourage families like ours who are adopting or those that have already opened their arms. Each of us, with many different gifts, in so many areas need to do our part. One day a year is not enough. Orphan Sunday is over. What are you going to do tomorrow? 

PLEASE don't forget! 

I challenge you to look through the many faces of waiting children listed on Reece's Rainbow. Even if you cannot bring one home, you can pray over them. You can advocate for them. You can care about them. You can find them here. 

We have been so blessed to have a church family to come along side us. They are there to encourage and pray for us. It has meant so much to our family. To know that our church cares about and is praying for our boy and us as we go through this process to bring him home means so much. If you know a family going through adoption, would you encourage them? Would you pray for them and let them know that you support them. This is truly a spiritual battle. Would you hold them up as they fight? The support from our friends and family has made a world of difference for us.

If you'd like to give to help us meet the great financial cost of ransoming our son, you can press the donate button on the top right of this page. Every bit helps! If you do give,  please send me an email at bringmehometobi@gmail.com with your address so we can send you a wrist band and a big thank you!