Romanian Orphan Ministries' Blog

A Little Girl Named Kathryn

I know a little girl named Kathryn. Kathryn comes from a very interesting family. She has two brothers, one adopted from Romania, and a sister. She lives in New Jersey, right across the river from Philadelphia. 

Kathryn is home schooled. I have had the privilege of staying with Kathryn’s family several times over the years and seeing what this term, “home schooling”, means up close and personal. 

I liked what I saw! I thought that it would be perfect for our orphans who are way behind educationally. I saw the opportunity for us to craft a whole educational system for them to help them recover all the lost years of their past. 

I came to Romania and did just that. The home schooling of our orphans occupies a significant amount of our time and energy. 

But Kathryn couldn’t have known all this when I was staying with her and her family. Her parents couldn’t have known all this when they decided to home school their children. They were not modeling something especially for me. They were just living their normal lives! I just happened to be there to see it. 

And so it is with us all. Our lives are constantly on display for others. We do not live in a bubble. Everything that we do affects others. If we choose to act poorly then we contribute negatively to others by being bad examples and influences. If we choose to act uprightly, then we contribute positively. 

Our actions have repercussions, for good or evil. No one can sin and then say, “But I wasn’t hurting anyone”. Sin does hurt others. 

I observed positive things from Kathryn’s family and was influenced by them. Now orphans are benefiting from their example…and neither she nor her family are  even aware of it! 

Someone is always watching you and observing your actions. Are you helping him through your lifestyle or harming him? 

Little things count. I am sure Kathryn would have never thought that doing her homework would help orphans in Romania.

Emily Hopper

Oh, I like this story… It’s beautiful… and so very true. People don’t tend to be aware that their entire lives are meaningful. How they live their lives, how they treat others, but even how they wait in line at a store check-out; everything can be used for God’s purposes, as long as we are living as He wants. We happen to be a home-schooling family, so I’m glad to hear you are utilizing this excellent method to reach your children. I found your site, because my 8 and 6 year old sons began asking about something and we wound up having an hour long discussion of the plight of Romanian orphans. One thing that really moved him was that, when they “grow up”, they are simply thrust out into the world, unprepared and unprotected. It does my heart good (and theirs) that there is someone who loves them like God does. I’m sure my sons (who, oddly have wanted to learn Romanian for a long time now, and we’re not Romanian at all – they currently are learning Latin) will take a particular interest in your success in the future. Keep up the beautiful work. God bless you.

3 June 10 at 11:29

admin

Emily, thank you so much for your comment. How interesting to hear about your sons and their interest in Romania and its orphans! God bless.

4 June 10 at 04:15

verna david

corey, i am just digesting all these things i learn about your ministry and romania..when i was young i read about gypsies and the fatasies of their lives. recently i connected with mundi romani and am learning their plight. at some point i desired in my heart to share God’s love by teaching english to gypsies in madrid.recently i traveled to paris and was a victim of pickpocking by a concerted family efforts of young mom pushed me hard against the train door while the young kids perushed and picked my coin purse…thank God not my valuable documents…..my husband and i travel carrying book of john and either giving it out to individuals in the train station or leaving in the restaurant seats….reading your blog brings me closre to the real world of the plight of romanians……i am a prayer warrior and i will allocate a time to pray for your ministry and romania…aside from financial help, how one can personally assist? is taking a week to minister to beauty for ashes center possible? thank you!

21 August 10 at 20:42

admin

Thank you for your comment. I would suggest also checking out our Facebook page as we post almost daily there. Most of the orphans we work with are of Gypsy ethnicity but, since they were abandoned, have not grown up with the Gypsy customs or speaking the Gypsy language. They are doubly cursed in Romanian society for these reasons making it very hard for them to find employment or lead a normal life. Thank you so much for your prayers! I have taken the liberty of adding your email address to our contact list as we send out prayer requests in this way. Assisting in Romania at the Beauty from Ashes Center is definitely possible! If you are interested in doing this, please contact me at roministries@bellsouth.net and we can discuss more. We would be very happy to have you!

God bless, Corey

23 August 10 at 06:04

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