Here's an excerpt from a heart wrenching
commentary from Steven Curtis Chapman on CNN.COM.Only 12 years old, Emily went on an all-out campaign to persuade us to adopt. She bought a book on international adoption with her Christmas money and would read it to us regularly. She began fervently praying and writing letters to Mary Beth and me, encouraging us to consider
giving a waiting child a home. Emily knew God was leading us in the direction of
adoption; however, Mary Beth and I were not yet convinced.
If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distress, there would effectively be no more orphans. If everybody would be willing to simply do something to care for one of these precious treasures, I think we would be amazed by just how much we could change the world.
