Understanding Foster Care As Changemakers
Have you ever thought “I wonder if we should foster?” or on the flip-side, “I could never foster?” Karly addresses all of this in our #JusticeDaily interview to give us understanding on foster care
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Tag: orphans
An Insider’s Perspective: Interview With a Family Adopting a Son from China
Have you ever thought about adoption? Adoption is a common theme among people who want to make a...
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Community Living: How To Talk About Adoption/Fostering
I recently read the post Six Comments about Adoption That Can Be Offensive focused on...
Read MoreSpring 2013 Update: How We Can Care For Orphans
I guess I have never actually written a specific blog post with details about why we should care for orphans, so let’s just start this off assuming that we should. But even with that belief or obligation, it is an entirely...
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How To Do a Sole Hope Shoe-Cutting Party
Sole Hope is an organization whose goal is to give hope to widows, orphans and other children by...
Read MoreAIDS/HIV 101: Why Should I Care?
Why should we care about AIDS? I was trying to figure out when I started caring about AIDS. I think I knew someone with AIDS briefly, as a kid, before he passed on. I definitely didn’t care about that person. But...
Read MoreArt of Advocacy: Where You Are Planted
Where You Are Planted Do you ever read about someone doing something so awesome, or extraordinary, and then think to yourself…what am I doing with my life? I felt that way when I read about Katie Davis. Â At the age of...
Read MorePoverty vs. Indifference: An Advocate’s Hope
My name is Katie. Â I believe that I have experienced grace by knowing Jesus, trusting in Him as my ultimate hope. I am a nurse and a mom who loves the orphaned, abandoned, and those looked down upon in our society. These are...
Read MoreHoops of Hope
One of the things we like most at the Average Advocate is when we hear a great story of an average person who begins to care then act, even when they don’t really know how to make a difference. This one kid, Austin...
Read MoreKefilwe’s Story: A Girl With HIV (For World AIDS Day)
“My momma’s got AIDS” the little girl whispered. It was one of those whispers that is so quiet that it knocks your breath away, like a sonic boom. Her skin was like copper, hardened, darkened, but smoother than silk. She had a pock-mark on the corner of her forehead, near where her coarse, black hair began to embrace her head. I couldn’t help but think that she looked beautiful.
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