I answered my cell phone today only to hear crying at the other end. My friend had been to see the movie "The Impossible", and it had really torn her up. This movie is a true story about a family who experienced the tsunami in 2004 and their journey to find each other. She described the unbelievable emotions of the characters as they fought to stay alive and find their children. As she was telling me this, I thought of Les Miserable. We saw it on Christmas Day through TEARS. The most profound part of the story for me (spoiler alert) was a mom taking desperate measures to help her child and yet despite her all her effort, that child became an orphan. The audience is brought to a critical moment....will someone please rescue that child? Her future was hopeless unless someone stepped in. Nothing else mattered to that dying mom. Nothing else would matter to any mom who was not long for this world.
I've heard Rick Warren's wife, Kaye, share her experience of spending time with a lady in Africa who was dying. All she could talk about, all she knew, all that was in her heart was, "Who is going to take care of my children?"
As things stand now, 99.9% of 153 million orphans are not finding homes through adoption. They need to be rescued. God has a solution and its fairly simple and clear. His people are to care for them, evangelize, disciple and give them families. They are waiting. Let's do it!
