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6:49 HOW.
CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY IN
GUATEMALA.
THE COUNTRY WILL NO LONGER
PEOPLE IN THE U.S. TO ADOPT
THOSE CHILDREN.
BUT STILL SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN DO TO HELP.
THIS MORNING, MARANDA JOINS
US LIVE IN THE STUDIO ALONG
WITH JENNIFER WITH BETHANY
CHRISTIAN SERVICES TO TALK
ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE
AND MARANDA YOU JUST GOT BACK
FROM GUATEMALA.
I DID, EMILY.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
TRAVELING WITH BETHANY
CHRISTIAN SERVICES.
A CITY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
GUATEMALA.
THIS PARTICULAR CITY HAS OVER
70,000 WIDOWS AND/OR FANS.
THE COUNTRY HAS GONE THROUGH
A TERRIBLE CIVIL WAR THAT
ENDED IN THE LATE 199Os AND
JUST AMAZING AMOUNT OF WOMEN
ALONE WITH THEIR KIDS.
WHAT THIS PRESENCE IS REAL
ISSUES.
THEY ARE LIVING ON LESS
THAN $2 A DAY.
THEN PAST, IF SOMEONE
COULDN'T CARE FOR THE CHILD
ANYMORE, THEY WOULD CONSIDER
ADOPTION.
WELL, ADOPTION IS OFFICIALLY
CLOSED IN THAT CONNERY.
SO NOW WE HAVE MOMS FACING
SITUATIONS LIKE I HAVE NINE
CHILDREN, CANNOT PROVIDE
THEM.
I WILL LET THEM GO.
THEY WILL MAKE A RUN FOR
AMERICA SO BETHANY HAS COME
IN AND SAID WE'LL KEEP
FAMILIES TOGETHER.
SO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
TRAVELING OVER THERE MEETING
FAMILIES AND JUST SEEING THE
SITUATIONS AND SEEING HOW WE
IN WEST MICHIGAN CAN COME
ALONGSIDE OF THE FAMILY IN
GUATEMALA AND MAKE
DIFFERENCE.
WELL, JENNIFER, I KNOW
THERE IS EVENT TONIGHT WHERE
PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THIS.
GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU
WILL PRESENT TONIGHT.
HOW CAN PEOPLE HERE IN WEST
MICHIGAN HP THE SITUATION?
YES.
WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE IN THE
COME-TOY COME TOGETHER TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAYS
PENNING IN GUATEMALA.
A TIME OF FELLOWSHIP,
SHARING, ALSO WORSHIP.
THAT IS GOING TO BE HELD AT
THE COMMUNITY CHURCH HERE IN
GRAND RAPIDS.
THAT IS FROM 7:00 TO 9:00
P.M.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IS
ESPECIALLY HEARTBREAKING FOR
PEOPLE HERE IN WEST MICHIGAN
WHO HAVE ADOPTED FROM ADOPTED FM
GUATEMALA IN THE PAST AND
SOMETIMES WOULD LIKE TO IF
BACK AND ADOPT A SIBLING FOR
THAT CHILD.
SO THIS IS JUST A RECENT
THING TO SHUTDOWN ADOPTION IN
THAT CONNERY.
IT IS.
I HAVE MET SO MANY FAMILIES,
AND THERE HAYS NATURAL
CONNECTION ESPECIALLY HERE IN
WEST MICHIGAN AND TACKING TO
BETH MY WE HAVE A LOT OF
FAMILIES WHO HAVE ADOPTED IN
GUATEMALA.
WHAT I REALLY LOVE THE
CAMPAIGN THAT IS BEING
LAUNCHED THE ONE FAMILY
CAMPAIGN.
IT IS THIS IDEA THAT WE WANT
TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER.
SO SINCE ADOPTION IS CLOSED
WE WANT TO EMPOWER FAMILY AND
SO MANY OF US WE SEE THE-AND
WE SAY, I WOULDIC THERE
ADOPT.
I.
IT IS NOT FEASIBLE
RESPONSIBLE AND SOMETHING WE
CANNOT DO.
THIS IS THE WAY WE CAN DO IT
IN A MUCH SMALLER WAY BUT
WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL COMING
UP THIS WEEKEND WHERE PEOPLE
CAN LEARN HERE ABOUT YOUR
TRIP AND WHAT IS GOING ON
THERE ON WOTV SATURDAY
MORNING AT 7:30 A.M. AND P.M.
THEN ON WOOD TV 8 AT
6:30 P.M.
WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO
AMAZING FAMILIES AM YOU WILL
MEET WOMEN WHO LIVE ON THE
SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN IN A HUT
AND THEY HUGS, THEY LOVE US.
THEY US THEY ARE THANKFUL
THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN CARE
ABOUT THEM.
IT IS AMAZING SPECIAL.
I REALLY HOPE FAMILIES WATCH
THIS.
I IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW OUR
CHILDREN WE HAVE TO CARE FOR
CHILDREN AROUND THE GLOBE.