4.3 Million

There are over 4.3 million orphans in Ethiopia today.

Jesus loves the little children of the world...

The total number of orphans worldwide is projected to reach 44 million by 2010

Deuteronomy 10:17-19 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 24:19-21 “When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

Psalm 10:18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

Psalm 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless;Do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good; Seek justice. Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart Against his brother.’

I stole this post from another blog I've been reading but I couldn't pass it up. I hope you guys will pray for us. Pray for the strength to continue this adoption and to find the funds we need to finish it. Just pray for those babies (and by babies, I mean all the orphans 0-18) who so desperately need a Mommy and Daddy. Pray that they won't be cold tonight. Or that their hunger will not be so great. Pray that they know they have a heavenly Father who loves them with a Passion not one of us can emulate or understand.

Just pray.

I'm singing this song this weekend at all 3 services. It both rips my heart to pieces and yet brings me great joy. Listen to it.