Our friends the Howertons (see: Sunbreaks in the Rainy City) are adopting a son! They’ve just found out that they’re going to pick him up the last week in March, sooner than they had thought possible. Read the whole story here–it’s awesome. Another friend is doing a bit of a fundraiser for them–if you’re interested in [...]
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Raffle for a friend’s adoption
February 22, 2010I’ve never had to go hungry…
May 8, 2009..and I haven’t even come close. My parents always made sure we had more than enough food (even if it was meat loaf or split pea soup and I ended up at the supper table all night trying to finish-small bite, sip of water, small bite, sip of water, until it was gone). And thankfully, [...]
How are you Lin?
May 19, 2008I read this article on cnn.com about a month ago. It’s about an orphan boy named Lin who lives in a garbage heap near the Thai-Myanmar border. Essentially, his life depends on another person’s wastefulness. When a truck arrives to dump a new load is when he and the others who live in the garbage dump [...]