Orphan support

Hi all! Merry Christmas! We are currently in Wisconsin with family right now... but I wanted to let you know that the site for Liberia's orphan support is now up and running, so if you were excited to help out in that way, now you can. It's a really well-put-together site, with a few tidbits of info on the country and it's peoples' situations. If you are interested, please take some time to read the FAQs... many great questions regarding the support are asked and answered. Sponsonships or one-time donations are available. Thank you SO much to those who choose to help in this way... we cannot express what it means to us that if God leads you in this, that you would extend any of your resources to Liberia's children... and by doing that, help to care for Kelvin & Hawa.

Here is the letter from our agency about it, and the link to the site follows. Also, we heard that Edgar signed our papers late last week, and so our paperwork should be headed to USCIS... if it's not there already. That's great news, and now we covet your prayers that we get approval in a miraculously FAST time... maybe it will be waiting in the mail when we get home!! I am anxious to bring our kids home. I cannot wait to hold them. :)

~Corrie


"CAS Perspective Adoptive Parents,

Christian Adoption Services' commitment to caring for orphaned children in Liberia goes beyond placing children into loving,Christ-centered families. Because there are approximately 500 children at the two orphanages we work with in Liberia and many more waiting for spots to open up at the homes, we know that we will not be able to find families for all of the children in Liberia who need them. However, we can work to ensure that all of the children at these orphanages have food, an education, medical care, and an understanding of the gospel. CAS is excited to announce a new online sponsorship program that is dedicated to meeting this goal. Please go to http://www.africanchildsponsorship.com/ to check out this program. A child can be sponsored for $40 a month and/or one time donations can be given. We would be encouraged if you would like to share details about the sponsorship program with family, friends, and fellow church members. Once an individual sponsors a child, the sponsor will have access on the website to a monthly newsletter update and additional photos. Below is a copy of this month's update."December 2008 During the summer of 2008, 92 additional orphans and indigent were admitted to the Daniel Hoover Children's Village at Dixville, outside the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia. Many more families wait for openings to become available at the mission. Due to the current global financial crisis, food and supplies have risen in cost dramatically in Liberia over the past several months. Coupled with a decrease in donations from the West, the task of providing for the children has become a great struggle. Currently, teachers are months behind in their pay and teachers at the home for deaf children have stopped teaching. In addition, caretakers have had to ration food at the orphanages. However, our God is mighty to save, and the caretakers and children are putting their hope in Christ to take care of their needs. Christian Adoption Services and African Christians Fellowship International are working together in several areas to try to improve the current challenges. One of these areas is the adoption program. Though there was a moratorium on adoptions in Liberia for about seven months in 2008, they are once again being processed. This provides individual children the hope of having a forever family who will love them and raise them up understanding the truth of the gospel. In addition, some of the funds from each adoption go to providing orphanage support for the remaining children. In addition, this new sponsorship program has the potential to provide for the majority of the day to day needs of feeding, educating and providing medical care to the children. Thank you for your commitment to the most vulnerable children of Liberia. You have the potential to change many lives. Finally, a mission team is planning to serve at the orphanages in March 2009. Their primary objectives will be to shore up security around a warehouse that stores food and supplies for the children, provide medical checkups, train teachers, set up and provide leadership and technology training for key staff members, and interact with the children. If you would like to contribute supplies for the trip, please contact us through this site. The team will need over the counter medicines, children's clothing size 4T to adult, hygiene products, and school supplies.

Blessings,

Angel Rutledge

Liberia Program Coordinator

Christian Adoption Services "


http://www.africanchildsponsorship.com/