open arms (revised) - adoption general session
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Why is this Why is this important?...important?...
Wyatt – orphaned in Wyatt – orphaned in LithuaniaLithuania
Born with: Cleft lip & palate
1 finger on each hand
2 toes on each foot
Severe hearing loss
Congenital heart defect
Wyatt @ Wyatt @ orphanageorphanage
Wyatt – in CA hospital after Wyatt – in CA hospital after adoptionadoption
rock rock climbing?climbing?
A Father to the A Father to the fatherless…fatherless…
God truly…
“sets the lonely into families….”
- Psalm 68:5,6
Naomi ~ Naomi ~ before & after before & after adoption…adoption…
What can ONE person really do?What can ONE person really do?
If you think you are too small to make a difference, you’ve never spent the night with a mosquito
Kenyan proverb
Don’t fail to do something, just because you can’t do everything
Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision
Travor’s storyTravor’s story
Once an orphan…Once an orphan…
Now - daughter, sister, Now - daughter, sister, cousin…cousin…
Ukraine – Ukraine – a broken a broken orphanage systemorphanage system
Iriving Bible Church Iriving Bible Church (video)(video)
Irving Bible Church – Irving Bible Church – Dallas, TXDallas, TX