Getting Started

On April 8th Nicole and I had the opportunity to attend an Adoption Seminar put on by Focus on the Family.

We were able to connect with a couple who have spent over a year researching and preparing for launching an Orphan Ministry in their church in Langley.
The name of their ministry is Above and Beyond.
We attended a desert night at CLA on May the 13th put on by Kristjan and Tamara Hull of Above and Beyond and were able to get a really good picture of how the lives of Orphans can be changed by being adopted into a christian home.
That night we heard from a mother, who with her husband, adopted two boys from Haiti in '95 and from the older of the two brothers.

Last week we met with Kristjan and Tamara and got some more info on what they are doing at South Gate and learning how we can start something in Sunshine Hills.
Tonight we met with their team and were able to be apart of the discussion about how they intend to launch into their church.

This feeling that we wanted to do something about Orphans and adoption preceded our going to the adoption seminar but we now have a clear goal and we know that we are not alone, that this is a call that God has put out to the nation of Canada.
Nicole and I are truly excited to be apart of what God is doing in Canada to bring an end to the Orphan crisis.