Follow Up from yesterday's Post

As you will notice, in yesterday's post, someone named Terry commented about what I wrote. At first, I thought it was one of our Terrys from Sunshine, but when I clicked on his name, I found out that this Terry was definately "one of ours" but just doesn't attend church at Sunshine. I went to his blog, listed at the bottom of his profile and read a post that he made the exact same day I wrote my post. It's very much a God thing!

Terry's profile says:

Terry Laudett
I am a Christian, a member of the Contact Church of Christ in Tulsa, a husband, and a father who enjoys writing.


Here is what his post from yesterday says:


Saturday, April 14, 2007

International Orphans

I found the following information on the Christian Relief Fund web site (http://www.christianrelieffund.org):

700,000 children live in Ukraine's orphanages today.

65% to 75% of the children in ophanages are there due to alcoholism in their homes.

15% of the orphans commit suicide within one year of leaving an orphanage.

70% of boys are arrested within 3 years of leaving an orphanage.

60% of girls are involved in prostitution within 2 years of leaving an orphanage. Twenty-thousand prostitutes live in the capitol city (Kiev), and the typical prostitute is a 19 year old orphan.

The world's children are crying out for Christians who will care for them. God wants his people to help these children and others like them (James 1:27).

Jason and Erin Carley are preparing to adopt a little boy from Vietnam soon. (Erin is Gary and Mary Lasarsky's daughter, and George Sly's granddaughter---see yesterday's post.) The Carleys are doing something special in providing a home for their son. I know that they will be incredibly blessed by his presence, just as he will be by their's.

It is not possible for everyone to adopt, but everyone can encourage those who do. Perhaps we can support organizations like the Christian Relief Fund or an adoption agency (like Christian Services of Oklahoma) with money, prayer, and volunteering. The world is full of needs and opportunities to meet them (and the blessings of meeting those needs are indescribable).





An earlier post I found on his website was very intriguing to me. Here it is:




Thursday, April 05, 2007

Cousins in Haiti

"Whoever heard me spoke well of me,and those who saw me commended me,because I rescued the poor who cried for help,and the fatherless who had none to assist him" (Job 29:11-12, NIV).

While we were in the process of adopting our son, we were unaware that Janet's cousin, Sherry Watson, was adopting her son, Joshua, from Haiti.

Four years have passed.

Now Sherry and Joshua are preparing to return to Haiti in 2 months, where Sherry will serve as a missionary and a house mom for several children in an orphanage. Janet and I are impressed with their faith and willingness to help the orphans of the Western hemisphere's poorest country. Their trust in Christ has led them to take risks so that others may know him.

Sherry's blog is http://watsonhaiti.blogspot.com. We plan on checking it out frequently.

If you would like to read more posts from Terry's blog, here is his blog address:

http://adisciplesthoughts.blogspot.com/