{"id":99,"date":"2009-12-06T12:41:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T12:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/12\/we-went-to-an-orphanage-today-that-helps-get-kids-off-of-the-street-we-were-all-moved-to-tears-as-we-heard-their-stories-fro.html"},"modified":"2009-12-06T12:41:31","modified_gmt":"2009-12-06T12:41:31","slug":"we-went-to-an-orphanage-today-that-helps-get-kids-off-of-the-street-we-were-all-moved-to-tears-as-we-heard-their-stories-fro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/12\/we-went-to-an-orphanage-today-that-helps-get-kids-off-of-the-street-we-were-all-moved-to-tears-as-we-heard-their-stories-fro.html","title":{"rendered":"We Were an Answer to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We went to an orphanage today that helps get kids off of the street. We were all moved to tears as we heard their stories from the director. They didn&#8217;t have any food to feed the kids, so we responded with a gift from the group. Here&#8217;s what happened and what the director said:<br \/><object width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7986744&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7986744&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/7986744\">Hope for the Hopeless Orphanage<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2710494\">Tom Davis<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went to an orphanage today that helps get kids off of the street. 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