The Ministry of Ordinary Faithfulness
The theology of routine caregiving It doesn’t always look significant. Much of the real “work” we do, the everyday chores, the caretaking of the babies is actually pretty mundane and repetitive. Feeding babies, washing bottles, changing diapers. Faithfulness in the Everyday There’s a tendency to look for impact in big moments like milestones, transitions, […]
Poverty vs. Abandonment
It’s easy to assume that when a child is alone, they must not have a family. But that’s often not the full story. MOST CHILDREN HAVE FAMILY Many children who enter care do have family somewhere—parents, relatives, extended connections. What’s often missing isn’t relationship.It’s stability. Poverty, crisis, and lack of support can push families […]
Why Family Should Always Be the Goal
Around the world, children’s homes, or orphanages, exist because sometimes children cannot safely stay where they were. That is also why we exist. We are a temporary baby rescue center. Babies come to us in moments of crisis, and for a time we become their consistent caregivers, their temporary family. We learn them, soothe them, […]
What Family Means: Why Family Changes Everythi
For years, the word orphanage has been linked with safety and compassion — a place where vulnerable children could find food, care, and protection. And while those intentions are good, around the world people are beginning to see what we’ve known all along: children grow best in families. At His Cherished Ones, this belief has […]