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BY LAWRENCE E. BERGERON
BY LAWRENCE E. BERGERON

JOURNEY TO THE FATHERLESS

JOURNEY TO
THE FATHERLESS

JOURNEY TO
THE FATHERLESS

a person scooping rice out of a basket
BY LAWRENCE E. BERGERON

JOURNEY TO
THE FATHERLESS

READ THE FORWARD

BY JEDD MEDEFIND
BY JEDD MEDEFIND

Jedd served as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and Acting Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

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WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID
WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID

We have learned so many practical and gospel-centered truths about caring for the least of these, as it relates to our personal callings and through the mission of the Church...

WRAP AROUND SUPPORT

BY JEDD MEDEFIND
BY JEDD MEDEFIND

An entire chapter in Journey to the Fatherless is devoted to a wrap around support model that any church can use to help adoptive and foster care families,

Is this just another book on adoption?

Is this just another book on adoption?

Not really. This book is about awareness and preparation – for those in leadership and for those called to adoption, foster care, visiting orphans or helping vulnerable children.


Journey is for leaders who must help others become aware of God’s heart for these children.


Journey is for ordinary people who must prepare well before they begin their venture.


Journey is for the Church.


The journey is different for everyone but regardless of the route, we encounter similar experiences along the way. We may have mountain top moments one day with valleys that are deep and lonely the next. There may be spectacular vistas as well as dark nights of doubt, discouragement and disappointment.


Ever gotten lost on a road trip?  It’s confusing and frustrating when you take a couple wrong turns.  Everything looks strange and unfamiliar.


Those feelings of insecurity and confusion are exactly what many feel when they encounter a world they weren’t expecting on the journey to the fatherless.  The map they have, and the things they were trained for … don’t match up with reality. That is why being prepared for the journey is so important.


The book’s theme verse is from our guide who will travel with us


Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21)

Not really. This book is about awareness and preparation – for those in leadership and for those called to adoption, foster care, visiting orphans or helping vulnerable children.


Journey is for leaders who must help others become aware of God’s heart for these children.


Journey is for ordinary people who must prepare well before they begin their venture.


Journey is for the Church.


The journey is different for everyone but regardless of the route, we encounter similar experiences along the way. We may have mountain top moments one day with valleys that are deep and lonely the next. There may be spectacular vistas as well as dark nights of doubt, discouragement and disappointment.


Ever gotten lost on a road trip?  It’s confusing and frustrating when you take a couple wrong turns.  Everything looks strange and unfamiliar.


Those feelings of insecurity and confusion are exactly what many feel when they encounter a world they weren’t expecting on the journey to the fatherless.  The map they have, and the things they were trained for … don’t match up with reality. That is why being prepared for the journey is so important.


The book’s theme verse is from our guide who will travel with us


Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21)