UPDATE: 55 sponsored and counting! You can also keep up with the orphanage sponsorships at justinandrebekah.com.
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We have reason to rejoice – 51 orphans from Russia have been sponsored! We also are continuing to pray that God would provide sponsors for those who are left.
135 of God's children from Kirov #1
I found out something about Kirov #1 that has given me a new perspective. It seems that several other churches had passed over this orphanage. You can imagine the discouragement of the director and the children. I learned recently that our church was this orphanage’s last hope. If we chose to pass by, they had requested to be taken off the list of prospects. Rejection is hard…especially when it happens over and over.
These children have been rejected by their family and seemingly by life itself. But, there is One who will never reject them. In fact, He wants to reach out to them through us. God loves these children. As the Body of Christ, we are called to do the same. Hands of Hope will continue to pray and to work until all of these children are sponsored.
To find out more about orphanage sponsorship, go to Children’s HopeChest.
