Middle school and High school can be difficult times for anyone, but imagine what it must be like living without loving parents, or having been abandoned by them. Their existence is one of constant competition with the other children, and they are continually searching for how to identify themselves. Like most kids they are trying to be the strongest, toughest, prettiest, or coolest, but unlike most kids they don't have anyone telling them at the end of the day that they are special just the way they are.
Some of them who have been in the orphanage for several years have seen other children get adopted before them. How devastating that must be. They have all dealt with so much abandonment, and they often pin the blame for it squarely on themselves.
This is one of the reasons why the message of Christ is so important for them to hear (and to understand). The truth is that they do have a Father who loves them, and loves them without them having to change a thing about themselves - they don't have to be anybody else or define themselves any other way. Pray that they would believe they are VALUABLE!
Thank you in advance for praying this week.
Also, please mark your calendars for Sunday, December 5. We will have our first prayer meeting before church at 9:30 am.
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