Starving for Affection

After coming back from a morning of working on
the census for the community. I come back to the YMC and see a child-a young
boy. He is busy coloring with Emily in her journal with a highlighter. I go
inside, then come back out within a minute to see him sitting next to Lindsey
as she is skyping her family. I then I see him rush into my arms to be held and
then on the lap of another world racer. All of this happened in such a short
amount of time that it really stood out to me.

Why is this child so desperate? What does his
normal lifestyle look like? Is he starved of any affection? Is he beaten?
Ignored? Forgotten?

The more I am here in the Philippines, the more
I am discovering the HUGE need. If my role here is to simply love the
forgotten, then that is what I will do. It is so amazing to me how much love
and affection is not present here. Please be in prayer for this child and for
the many other children who are starving for some loving affection in their
life.

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There are 34 orphans that are
looking for loving parents. Pray that the 4 siblings in the orphanage will find
loving parents that wish to adopt all 4 of them.

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Pray for the world racers here to
show and be love of Christ to the children.

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My Support: I need $1,300 more by
the end of the month

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My Sleep: I have been struggling to
sleep for the last week