1.0Red Lettershttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/redlettersTom Davishttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/redletters/author/tdavisAdvent Day 19: Visiting Orphans - Red Lettersrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="c8dFPX38Ys"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/redletters/2010/12/advent-day-19-visiting-orphans.html">Advent Day 19: Visiting Orphans</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/redletters/2010/12/advent-day-19-visiting-orphans.html/embed#?secret=c8dFPX38Ys" width="600" height="338" title="“Advent Day 19: Visiting Orphans” — Red Letters" data-secret="c8dFPX38Ys" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Every year we send hundreds of volunteers across land and ocean to visit their sponsored children. Many of the kids ask why. Why would someone fly all the way from America just to visit me? I think that’s a picture of Advent in some ways. God visited us. Why would He give up heaven and…http://blog.beliefnet.com/redletters/files/import/Advent19.gif