An Outreach of
Mother Teresa said "I never look at the masses as my responsibility; I look at the individual. I can only love one person at a time — just one, one, one. So you begin. I began — I picked up one person. Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand . . . The same thing goes for you . . . Just begin — one, one, one."
There are 143 million children worldwide who do not have a family to call their own. Watch this Focus TV Spot to see how the Calcara family opened their home to one special little girl from China.
Related Links
iCareAboutOrphans.orgAll around the world today, children wait, living on streets, in foster homes, and in orphanages. This website will help you to explore the Six Degrees of Involvement in orphan care to help you get started to whatever degree you can.
Adopted Children
Adoption has changed considerably in recent decades, and adoptive parents may have more options than they thought. This series of articles explores some of those options.
Adoption Resources
Learn more about agencies and organizations that serve both birth parents and adoptive families
Related Resources
Adoption: Families Stepping Out in Faith
Broadcast CD
The four families on this program describe how they took a leap of faith into the realm of adoption. You'll be challenged to consider how you might take your own step to help provide a waiting child with a loving home.
Your Guide to Adoption
Brochure
This handy brochure, created by the Focus on the Family Orphan Care Initiative, is designed to help those who are interested in foster care adoption navigate the process with step-by-step goals.
Successful Adoption
Natalie Nichols Gillespie
Paperback
Does it seem that the process of adoption is too daunting? Find answers to demystify adoption and discover if it's right for your family, how to pay for it, where to find the right agency and how to make sense of the paperwork
Launching an Orphans Ministry in Your Church
Jason Weber
Booklet and DVD
Do you ever wish your church could have a ministry to orphans, but you don't know how to start? With this easy step-by-step guide, you have the principles and practical tools needed to launch an effective church orphans ministry.
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