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Provide an orphan with the adventure of a lifetime!
Big Family Mission and other ministries and churches in the Northeast are
partnering with New Horizons for Children to conduct a hosting program for
orphans in the Northeast (PA, NY, NJ, CT, DE, MD) during the summer of 2008.
This is not an adoption program, but many of the children who come to the United
States can be and will be adopted by families they meet during the 5-week
hosting program.
Quick facts about the hosting program:
- Latvian and Russian orphans, ages 5 years to 15, will be coming to live with host
families for about five weeks (late June to early August, exact dates to be
announced).
- Hosting families fund-raise or contribute $2050 to New Horizons for Children. The
$2050 contribution helps cover the cost of airfare, coordination in Latvia and
Russia, travel in Latvia and Russia, passport, visa, medical insurance, safety and
child abuse clearances for host families, and some of the expenses for the Latvian
and Russian orphanage workers who must accompany the children.
- Hosting husband and wife must be of the Christian faith and attending a church.
(Single mothers may also host.)
- Children who are participating in the summer 2008 program have now been
identified by a mission team that traveled to Latvia and Russia during the month of
January. Photos of the participating children and brief biographies are now
available. If you would like to view the photos and information, we ask that you
complete the form (above, right), and we then will email you the link to the photo
and information page.
- You can learn more about the hosting program on the New Horizons for Children
website.
- If you wish to host a child for the 2008 program, you must make a commitment by
late April (firm deadline to be announced).
New Horizons for Children is a Christian, non-profit organization located near
Atlanta, GA. For five years, New Horizons has conducted hosting programs for
Eastern European orphans. The New Horizons for Children hosting program
allows an orphan to come to the United States and have the wonderful experience
of living with a Christian family or individual. Although adoption is not the objective
of the program, many of the children are eventually adopted by either the host
family or other families who meet them during their visit.
U.S. host families provide these orphan children with an intimate view into what a
Christian family is like by having them stay in their home for five weeks. Many of
these children have never had a positive family experience. They get a first hand
glimpse of what healthy relationships can be! Some of these children have never
experienced love in a healthy manner or been able to show affection. They also
learn about hygiene, American culture, and they're immersed in the English
language! Their lives can be impacted greatly by their time in the USA…and in
your family.
Orphans usually feel left out, left behind and unworthy. Their self esteem is often
so low because they have been labeled in their home city by peers as "orphan".
After coming to the U.S. for five weeks, most children learn as much English as
they would typically learn in 4-5 semesters if taught in their school. This gives the
children pride in themselves and helps boost their self esteem tremendously!
Receiving unconditional love and nurturing and being treated as a member of
their host family (who will usually maintain contact even after the child returns to
their orphanage) gives them hope!
The orphans learn they do have a Father, the same Father in Heaven that we all
have: a Father who loves us dearly, who is always with us, and who always cares
for us.
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