“When I grew up in the orphanage it
was Christians who came and built
nicer buildings. Christians who bought us
beds, clothing and provided money
monthly for food. It was a Christian,
who wrote a letter in a shoebox, who
first told me I was loved. It was the
Christians who met all my physical and
material needs in that orphanage.
But it was also Christians who neglected my biggest need. Children in orphanages don’t need more money, nicer buildings or better clothes. I am not an orphan because I lost my home or provisions. I am an orphan because I lost my parents. I needed a mom and a dad. I needed a family. Christians treated all my temporary symptoms of need but never cured my long term disease of being orphan. I am still an orphan.”
– A quote by a 30yr old orphan, who aged out of an orphanage where he had lived his whole life. Spoken at the CAFO Summit 2013
– A quote by a 30yr old orphan, who aged out of an orphanage where he had lived his whole life. Spoken at the CAFO Summit 2013
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