Dallas County Living Well Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 27

We live in a culture of fatherlessness. If the state of our
nation concerns you, we’re going to have to address this
head on. How do we do that? It begins one child at a time.
A few years ago, I traveled with friends to an orphanage
that we support in Vietnam. My friends had been drawn
to a young girl who
had been abandoned there by her
One night, I woke up mom. Before comand was led to the ing to the orphanage she was forced
passage of scripture to sell lottery tickets
that says, God settles on the street to feed
her family. She was
the lonely in a sad, introverted,
FAMILIES scared child. She
might have been
eight or nine the first
time Kevin saw her, but when he saw her, his father heart
melted. God wrecked my friend through those orphans, especially one lonely little girl.
Every six months or so, they would travel to the orphanage and spend time with her. Soon, she would begin to
see them as her family, even though they lived a world
apart. Adoption was closed at the time that I visited with my
friends. I saw their hearts break when we left the orphanage each day to go back to the hotel.
One night, I woke up and was led to the passage of scripture that says, God settles the lonely in families. I knew it
was a promise for them, and I shared it the next morning,
but when we arrived that day, the head of the orphanage
announced plans to put the little girl back on the street.
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