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My Turn | Kolia’s Story
Your decision to care for one child in need has the incredible potential to multiply and impact manylives for eternity.How? By reaching one child in need who grows up to reach other children in need. People like you cared for a boy named Kolia, and here's the incredible…
A Mother’s Painful Choice … and Her Faithful God
We believe God intends all children to grow up in safe, loving homes. And whenever possible, we support family preservation. We also believe the Church is the solution for children and families in need. Because of your prayer and support for the ministry in Cambodia/Thailand, we recently received…
Dumbo Movie | A Caution to Foster and Adoptive Parents
Who doesn't love seeing an old classic re-made? Much to the delight of audiences young and old, Burton's colorful reimagining of the 1941 Disney classic, Dumbo, hit theaters recently, and the ratings suggest it might be safe for a family movie night. (If you're looking for a review,…
Win a Trip to CAFO2019 Summit!
Join us for CAFO2019 Summit! Next month, thousands of orphan care, foster care, and adoption advocates will meet in Louisville, KY, on May 8-10, for the 2019 Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit. We want YOU to be able to attend, so we're giving you the chance. Keep…
Adopting? Don’t Give Up Hope.
Adoption and childbirth have something in common: labor pain. Adopting families must learn the delicate art of trusting God wholeheartedly even while laboring intensely for months or even years while God's plan for their family unfolds. Nobody knows this better than one of our families who received a matching…
See What God Is Doing in Ukraine!
Thank you for giving and praying for orphaned and vulnerable kids around the world. Here's an exciting update in photos from our team in Ukraine– 2019 Medical Clinic Our yearly medical clinic continues to grow better year after year! Recently, the 2019 Medical clinic for Sach orphanage kids…
Adoption: A Glimpse of the Gospel
Many of the families we come alongside are experiencing some form of waiting. Whether that be for funds, placement, or countless other things. The following testimony is from a fundraising family. And miraculously, their mySTORY page raised nearly $45,000 in less than 2 months ($30,000 of which was raised…
Short-term Mission Trips: To Go or Not to Go?
It's estimated that over 1.5 million people from the U.S. participate in short-term mission trips every year. Here at Lifesong, we host short-term mission trips because we believe—done correctly—they can be encouraging and beneficial. But we're careful about why we take them (and why we don't!) Here are…
Look What God Is Doing in Tanzania!
Your support for orphaned and vulnerable children in Tanzania is changing lives of people like Mussa. A tough beginning Mussa was born in 1986 in a suburb of Mwanza, Tanzania. His father was a heavy drinker who physically abused his wife most evenings after returning home from…
A Family to Call Her Own
Children with Down syndrome are considered harder to place. But that label didn't stop this family from following God's leading and bringing 2 little girls home. The following is their testimony. We are the Colfack family. My husband and I have been married 21 years. We have 3…