Summit VI – Monroes

Posted by Patrick Corkum on April 29, 2010

Before I hit up the session, I want to comment on how God uses humble people in amazing ways. Sharen Ford, whom I met between sessions, is an amazing woman and is the head of the Colorado Foster Care system. I seriously doubt that she truly understands the impact that God is having on the foster care system throughout the entirety of the US through her.

Also, as I was waiting to talk to her, I met someone from So. NJ who is trying to do the same thing that we are doing. I can’t wait to get in touch with her after the conference.

So the Monroes (Tapestry) are speaking and have a truly powerful statement. He truly has a passion that is quite similar to mine. He believes that the churches should be doing the work of orphan care, not so much the para-church organizations. Those organizations should be supporting the church instead of the other way around.He strongly believes that the church is uniquely positioned to handle certain aspects of the orphan crisis.

Also as a note, he made a comment as to how God cares for all orphans, not just those around us. He recognizes that adoption is not the right solution in all cases and in most cases it probably is not the right solution. He pointed out that only a fraction of a percent of the millions of orphans worldwide will be adopted and that there needs to be other methods used to handle the orphan crisis.