Hey everyone it's Leslie Lutie host of the Set-A-Part-Gahodie host of the Set-A-Part-Grel podcast biblical encouragement for women of all ages.

Today I'm really excited to tackle a topic that's continually on my heart.

How can we as Christian women reach vulnerable children around the world.

I've been recently hearing a lot of disturbing statistics and facts about how the orphan

crisis is only growing.

International adoption is at an all-time low and it's caused me to

freshly look at this issue how can we really become Christ hands and feet to the many

countless children around the world who are in desperate need of

advocates. Well this is something that God put on my heart many years ago

when my son Hudson was about three years old he preached his very first sermon at our Ellersley campus and this was a

topic that was really on his heart as well as God was awakening Eric and I to the

cause of vulnerable children Hudson was gaining a heart for orphans as well.

And we asked him to preach a sermon just for fun

in this empty chapel.

And he paced back and forth for a few minutes

thinking about what his topic would be.

And then he said, okay, I'm ready to preach my sermon,

so he had a very sober expression on his face.

He took his place at the center of the stage.

He looked at his audience of about five people and he delivered his message.

It was one sentence and he said, did you know that God wants us to care for orphans?

And then he walked off the stage and he left everyone who was watching him,

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