The Orphan Tree Project

I shared with you all in a previous post my aunt's wonderful idea for an "orphan tree" at Christmastime. The basic idea was to decorate a tree with photos of waiting children around the world and use it as a reminder to pray that they and the millions of other global orphans would find families very soon. Just recently, my aunt emailed me these pictures to show the progress of her orphan tree (I will post pics of my own mini tree when it is complete). She laminated photos printed off the internet, matted them on green and red cardstock, and tied them to the tree with festive bows, interspersed with other cards containing words like love, child, and sacrifice. As you can see, her tree is simply beautiful and an awesome reminder for both her family and others who visit her house to remember the fatherless in prayer this holiday season. Let's also remember that we too were wretched, hopeless people before Christ Jesus came as a baby to inaugurate His wonderful plan of redemption and adoption of us as His beloved children, and may that knowledge encourage us all to share His story and the true meaning of the holy-days to all we come in contact with this Christmas season!