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When Emily and I adopted Anya from Russia in 1997, the process was much more simple. In fact, we did the entire thing ourselves. The dossier, INS papers, translation, everything. You would think in our modern age this process would become easier not harder with over 143 million orphans in the world. Not true. This…

It’s a story we’ve heard too many times. A broken home that’s abusive and a fatherless kid gone wild as she tries to find herself in a world filled with pain and disappointment. In my mind there are at least two very disturbing issues surrounding the former Governor of New York. One, this girl is…

Many people have asked me about the little boy I’m holding in the picture you see on the blog. I ran across my journal from the day I met this little boy when the picture was taken. So much has changed in Swaziland since then in a little over a year. Why? Because of people…

A few days ago, I I wrote about the death of one of our orphans, Sergei Adveev. It caused me to think about who mourns the death of an orphan? Who cares about their life? Who loved them? Who will miss them? I’m thankful for our wonderful Russian staff who are those people. Below is…

You hear about the thousands that are infected every day in places like Africa, India and Asia. But something this catastrophic right here in the United States? Read this article the go to then Special Guests page to see how TV and radio affiliates are interacting with my book, Red Letters: Living a Faith that…

Dear friends, We have some very sad and tragic news to share with you about Sergei Avdeev. As you probably recall, Sergei is a graduate of Fominki orphanage (that Wave Church used to sponsor) who sustained serious spinal injuries after falling from a 5th-floor window about 2 years ago. Sergei miraculously survived that accident and…

Marilyn is a new friend and AMAZING fiction novelist. I’m encouraging all of you to get her books by clicking here on Amazon.com. She was gracious enough to write an excellent post on her blog today about Africa, Children’s HopeChest and Saints coffee. Click here to read what she said and get acquainted with this…

Red Letters continues to get good reviews from different facets of the Christian and secular community. For that, I am thankful! I have an article in the latest Relevant magazine article, the one with Rob Bell on the cover. I haven’t been able to get a PDF yet, when I do, I will post it.…

This is an update on the baby I wrote about in my last post. This is a live report from the field from World Racer Aaron Bruner. This past Monday I visited the Mbutu Care Point in Nsoko Swaziland. This is the central Care Point in Nsoko for G42 ministries. The day started out quite…

This post is from my buddy, Seth Barnes’ Blog. Get ready to have your Friday morning wrecked. This is what God sees when he looks at the world. We have a team in Swaziland, that nation in Africa where nearly half the adult population has the AIDS virus. I received this email from Gary Black…
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