Orphan Sunday

November 4th (the first Sunday in November) is Orphan Sunday.  November is National Adoption month and November 17th is National Adoption Day.

I thought I would share 10 Ways Every Christian Can Care for the Orphan and Waiting Child by Hope for Orphans.

1.  Pray for them.  Tape an child's picture up to be praying for each time you see it.  Visit adoptuskids.org

2.  Speak up for them.  Become a court appointed special advocate for a child in foster care.

3.  Provide for their needs.  Organize a shoe drive or foster care children or orphans.

4.  Support those who support them.  Mow, babysit, bring a meal for foster parents.

5.  Protect them from harm.  Become a foster parent.  Raise money for an orphanage.

6.  Visit them where they are.  Go on a mission trip.

7.  Give sacrificially to them.  Give to an orphan organization or Show Hope Adoption Aid.

8.  Encourage them to press on.  Become a mentor or tutor. Sponsor a child through Compassion or Vision Trust.

9.  Adopt them into your family.  Give a child a home.

10.  Mobilize your church for them.  Start an orphan ministry in your church.


Our family is also sharing the Orphan's Table.  I am hoping to do this with our adoption support group, Hope 4 Kids.  We hope to share a meal eaten by orphans around the world and go through the discussion and prayer guide.

Linked with Top Ten Tuesday, Works for Me Wednesday, Women Living Well, Raising Homemakers, Winsome Wednesday, Miscellany Monday, Hip Homeschool Hop, Monday Madness, Friday Favorite Things, and Better Mom.

March Scattered Gifts - Vision Trust

We collected our change for Shoes for Orphan Souls last month.

For March, we decided to give money to support a friend of my daughter's who is taking a mission trip to Guatemala.  We will look forward to hearing all about it when she returns. 

I also thought I would share about an organization that works in Guatemala, as well as Liberia - Vision Trust.  We sponsor a child through them - a girl named Omekial who lives in Liberia.  Some day hopefully we can take a mission trip to Liberia maybe with Vision Trust.  Their mission is to develop orphaned and neglected children into mature Christians equipped to live in their own culture.They do this by enabling Christian nationals to meet the physical, educational, emotional and spiritual needs of these children.  Their projects include safe water, education, food and health, spiritual mentorship, and more.  They work in about 14 different countries.  They also offer mission trips.                   


This is part of our Scattered Gifts mission of our family. As we learn about different organizations, maybe God will lead us to give to some on a regular basis, go on a mission trip, or who knows what God will have us do!

Would you like to join us each month? Do you have organizations we can learn more about? I will be posting at the beginning of each month what our project will be. Some months we will be learning about more than one.

Past months:
January - Sweet Sleep
February -  Shoes for Orphan Souls

I'd love to hear about ways other families are giving and serving!

Linked with:  Works for Me Wednesday, Raising Homemakers, Family Time Tuesday, Miscellany Monday, The Better Mom,  Beauty in His Grip, On Your Heart Tuesdays, Mommy Link-up!, Women Living Well, and Gratituesday.