The 1:27 Call/ Foster Care Christmas Party

Last night was perhaps one of the most incredible nights I've had in awhile. It was one of those times where you are so busy and yet so at peace at the exact same time...weird, huh?

I haven't blogged about this yet but I am now. I am blessed to be a part of a non-profit orphan ministry called The 1:27 Call. We are dedicated to the cause of the orphan: locally and internationally. Locally, we support foster care and our children's home. It is also our desire to implement orphan ministries within churches to reach more children. To learn more about our ministry you can go to http://www.the127call.org.

Last night we held a Christmas party for all of the foster care children in our area. A great deal of planning went into this ordeal. Many organizations donated their services, food and the party went off very well. What was so absolutely incredible was seeing the children light up when Santa walked into the room...it was precious! They got so excited! We also arranged for the children to have their picture professionally taken with Santa in this little area that we had specially decorated for them...some of these children had never had their picture taken with Santa before. As they took their picture with Santa we asked their foster parent how old they were and we got the appropriate age and sex gift item and handed it to Santa and it was wrapped with a bow and the child would light up like a little Christmas tree! It truly made my heart happy! For one night these children didn't have to think about anything but fun games, presents, good food and being loved on...

On the website you will see we have a few statistics that will tell you that if 7% of the 2 million christian families would take just one orphan....their would be no orphans. Staggering to think it could all be stopped...

It was a wonderful night, a night I truly will treasure...faces of children permanently in my memory. Thank you Lord for the gift of working in this ministry.