{"id":375,"date":"2007-12-22T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T09:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2007\/12\/12-days-of-chri.html"},"modified":"2007-12-22T09:59:09","modified_gmt":"2007-12-22T09:59:09","slug":"12-days-of-chri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2007\/12\/12-days-of-chri.html","title":{"rendered":"12 Days of Christmas: Day 4 Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just up the road from our office is Castle Rock, CO–best known for it’s distinctive rock formations, great outlet shopping malls, and Hope’s Promise<\/a>. Hope’s Promise is an adoption agency and orphan care ministry and one of their projects is in the country of Namibia. <\/p>\n

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Right now, we’re trying to help a willing foster mom in Namibia take in three cousins—all orphans. Hope’s Promise needs to place the children soon, or they will potentially be sent to live in an orphanage.
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We were attracted to this project because what better thing to give a child at Christmas than the blessing of family. Please pray for the three cousins <\/span>in the photo. Pray that God would smooth out all the details and bring them home for Christmas.
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UPDATE FROM HOPE’S PROMISE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Namibian Social Services\u2019 determination that the children would be committed to an orphanage in December 2007 if the foster home was not ready prompted a quick plan of action. Made possible by Children\u2019s HopeChest\u2019s generous grant of $1,000 and donations from individual donors, Hope\u2019s Promise staff are furnishing and stocking a home with food in anticipation of the new family\u2019s arrival on December 23. Through God\u2019s great provision, the three cousins and their new family will be home for Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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