{"id":381,"date":"2008-01-05T09:34:45","date_gmt":"2008-01-05T09:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2008\/01\/bringing-hope-t.html"},"modified":"2008-01-05T09:34:45","modified_gmt":"2008-01-05T09:34:45","slug":"bringing-hope-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2008\/01\/bringing-hope-t.html","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Hope to Orphans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Clark is a friend, co-worker, songwriter, philospher, and fellow blogger<\/a>. At Children’s HopeChest, he’s a madman at recruiting new churches into our orphanage sponsorship program. This summer, we sent his family to Russia for 9 weeks to lead summer camp trips. YouthWorker Journal asked him to write an article about his experiences which he titled, Bringing Hope to Orphans. <\/em><\/p>\n

In the article, Daniel writes:<\/p>\n

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These children have become my friends, my brothers and sisters, my children. I have looked into their eyes, and I have realized what is most important in life. Despite the challenge and despair of their condition, they are God\u2019s kids.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Daniel’s right on, they are God’s kids–as we all are. The full text of Daniel’s article is avaiable here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

P.S. Daniel and Julie had a daughter right before Christmas–Lucina Miriam. Congratulations Daniel and Julie!<\/p>\n

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