Being involved in an orphan care/prevention ministry, we like to know what other people involved in the same field are doing – how they approach and address the global orphan crisis. We visit their websites, study their programs, and try to apply their best practices.

We were excited to learn that Dan Cruver from Together for Adoption (T4A) mentioned World Orphans and the support we have provided to churches in Haiti as an example of gospel-centered, “Trinitarian” orphan care in a recent blog post.

World Orphans has worked with Mr. Cruver in training and teaching pastors from our church partners in Haiti about spiritual adoption. Obviously it is great to be recognized in this way by an organization like T4A, but what is much greater is the fact that this shows how we are co-workers in this field, and not competitors. Our strength lies in sharing this vision with all these other great organizations. Together we want to be the “chord of three strands” from Ecclesiastes 4:12, that is “not easily broken”. If anyone left the “iPhone 4 prototype” of global orphan care in a restaurant, that would be ok – the word would get out! Churches and people and leaders would realize that God set the ultimate example by adopting us into his community of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, into his Family, and that this is what motivates us to help restore these children into their families, or help them find new families.

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