For me, winter isn’t so bad. Colorado gets its share of frost and snow, but that means skiing, snowboarding, hot chocolate. Winter is the anticipation of Christmas, the gathering of friends, the snow-capped mountains that never get old.

Sometimes it does get really cold. Like last winter when we turned boiling water into snow outside.

But for millions of Russian orphans, winter holds no such promise. It is nothing but desolate. It is a time when third-hand shoes and ripped clothes just aren’t enough to keep warm.  Their hearts–which should be alive and bubbly like that boiling water–turn cold and snowy.

Their winter never thaws.

When spring comes, the loneliness stays, each day as hopeless as the last. These are children with a lifelong label – one that keeps them hidden on the outskirts of society. They are orphaned each day as the world turns its back.

You have a chance to change that. This September, Children’s HopeChest is launching Through the Winter, a campaign to raise funds to provide a Russian-language copy of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to every child we serve in Russia. We’ll also get a copy of the movie to every orphanage we work with and establish a new discipleship curriculum based on the themes and characters in this amazing book.

Stay tuned in the next three days for more information on this campaign, how this book can change lives, and how you can get involved.

When you give $30, we can provide one child with a copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and cover costs of creating the new curriculum and providing intensive training to our staff. Would you give $30 today?